1256 articles by Ethan Howland

• Advanced transmission projects get $1.9B in DOE funding

  Sept. 24, 2026

• FERC rejects ComEd’s cancellation of PowerHouse Hillwood data center contract

  Sept. 23, 2026

• Other New England states back Maine’s RTO adder complaint

  Sept. 22, 2026

• Federal judge restores $7B Solar for All program, says EPA illegally axed it

  Sept. 21, 2026

• House passes ratepayer protection bill to limit data center cost shifts

  Sept. 17, 2026

• Court rejects DOE ‘emergency’ order delaying coal plant retirement as overstep

  Sept. 11, 2026

• Unplanned power plant outages fell sharply during 2025/26 winter storms: FERC-NERC report

  Sept. 11, 2026

• Google, Xcel, others back MISO’s ‘zero injection’ large-load proposal

  Sept. 9, 2026

• Bonneville eyes switch to CAISO’s EDAM from Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+

  Sept. 8, 2026

• Transmission expansion could spur billions in savings, especially in PJM: study

  Sept. 2, 2026

• Large loads face reliability requirements under MISO proposal

  Sept. 1, 2026

• PJM drops Oklo advanced nuclear project from interconnection study cycle

  Aug. 31, 2026

• Ohio ratepayer advocate urges FERC to resolve 3-year-old local transmission complaint

  Aug. 28, 2026

• Data center load made up 9% of PJM wholesale costs so far in 2026: market monitor

  Aug. 27, 2026

• Microsoft, PowerHouse Hillwood dispute data center service agreements

  Aug. 24, 2026

• PJM eyes option to jumpstart surplus interconnection pathway

  Aug. 21, 2026

• FERC approves SPP ‘topology optimization’ plan for cutting grid congestion

  Aug. 20, 2026

• Pennsylvania dangles permitting carrot for data centers that bring their own power

  Aug. 19, 2026

• ISO-NE to review ‘asset condition’ transmission projects under proposal filed at FERC

  Aug. 18, 2026

• FERC approves MISO cost recovery plan for transmission projects built in PJM

  Aug. 17, 2026

• FERC approves TransAlta, PowerTransitions gas-fired power plant deals

  Aug. 14, 2026

• Xcel asks Colorado Supreme Court to facilitate wind farm interconnection

  Aug. 12, 2026

• PJM eyes data center, crypto reliability requirements after 3.8 GW of load trips offline

  Aug. 12, 2026

• PPL-Blackstone joint venture secures 5 GW of gas turbines for data centers in Pennsylvania

  Aug. 10, 2026

• Constellation CEO: Existing power plants are ‘bedrock’ in supplying data centers

  Aug. 7, 2026

• PSEG offers large load supply proposals in PJM’s bilateral contracting process

  Aug. 5, 2026

• Eversource Q2 income plunges on transmission ROE, offshore wind charges

  Aug. 4, 2026

• AEP secures 13 GW of gas turbines as generation ‘central’ to growth plans

  Aug. 3, 2026

• PJM files backstop auction plan at FERC to meet capacity shortfall

  Aug. 3, 2026

• Exelon ‘high probability’ data center load falls 40%

  July 31, 2026

• FirstEnergy data center contracts surge 50% in Q2

  July 30, 2026

• PJM board proposes backstop capacity auction, data center curtailment plans

  July 28, 2026

• FERC will impose reforms if PJM fails to adopt changes by September, chairman warns

  July 24, 2026

• DOE’s new power export rule at odds with ‘energy emergency’ findings: Public Citizen

  July 23, 2026

• FERC eyes ‘grid-enhancing technology’ incentives: Chairman Swett

  July 23, 2026

• FERC fails to shield PJM consumers from data center transmission costs: ratepayer advocates

  July 21, 2026

• Data centers drove $6.3B in PJM capacity auction costs: market monitor

  July 20, 2026

• PJM capacity auction results compound ‘alarm bells’: FERC Chairman Swett

  July 17, 2026

• Indiana regulators investigate utility ROEs, ‘trackers’ in affordability review

  July 16, 2026

• PJM capacity prices hit price cap, reserve shortfall grows

  July 15, 2026

• Utilities requested $9.2B in rate hikes in Q2: PowerLines

  July 14, 2026

• What can best ease transmission bottlenecks? More transfer capacity, DOE says.

  July 10, 2026

• PJM status quo ‘untenable’: FERC Commissioner LaCerte

  July 9, 2026

• New Jersey increases transmission oversight in ‘affordability’ push

  July 8, 2026

• Exelon, FirstEnergy utilities’ RTO adder targeted by Maryland in FERC complaint

  July 7, 2026

• FERC denies waiver for $2B gas-fired plant in PJM’s fast-track review

  July 6, 2026

• PJM stakeholders advance data center backstop procurement plan

  July 2, 2026

• Sen. King urges FERC to reject $67B NextEra-Dominion merger

  June 30, 2026

• PJM opposes waiver for $2B gas-fired plant in fast-track interconnection review

  June 29, 2026

• 445 GW — mainly solar, storage — to come online by 2030 as demand growth surges: ICF

  June 26, 2026

• DOE emergency orders are incurring additional costs. What are the benefits?

  June 25, 2026

• Grid operators making ‘significant progress’ on generator interconnection reform: AEU

  June 24, 2026

• Power plants under DOE emergency orders are producing way less energy than before

  June 23, 2026

• GETs, demand response can ease near-term data center electricity price pressure: report

  June 23, 2026

• 6 takeaways from FERC’s data center interconnection decision

  June 22, 2026

• Maryland lawmakers back data center transmission cost complaint at FERC

  June 18, 2026

• NextEra to pay $150M to settle charges related to Florida political misconduct allegations

  June 17, 2026

• Dominion Energy, Santee Cooper receive state approval for $5B gas project

  June 16, 2026

• Utility sector outlook deteriorates on affordability concerns: Fitch

  June 15, 2026

• Connecticut AG, agencies ask FERC to cut Eversource, Avangrid RTO adder

  June 12, 2026

• Appeals court upholds FERC decision ordering refunds from MISO transmission owners

  June 11, 2026

• FERC approves PJM fast-track review for ‘shovel-ready’ power projects

  June 10, 2026

• FirstEnergy asks FERC to require data centers to pay for transmission interconnection costs

  June 9, 2026

• FERC approves SPP non-firm, large-load transmission service

  June 8, 2026

• DOE orders OUC’s 465-MW coal unit in Florida to continue running

  June 5, 2026

• MISO’s resource outlook improves as forecast generation additions outpace demand growth

  June 4, 2026

• Constellation’s Three Mile Island nuclear restart gets boost with FERC waiver

  June 3, 2026

• Eversource project ‘epitomizes’ flawed transmission reviews: New England states

  June 2, 2026

• PJM monitor urges FERC to condition Mara power plant buy for data center complex

  June 1, 2026

• Entergy’s gas projects are one-third of MISO’s fast-track interconnection process

  May 29, 2026

• MISO pushes back on utility complaint over competitive transmission bidding

  May 28, 2026

• Data center firm DigitalBridge in $1.1B deal to buy ArcLight

  May 27, 2026

• Competitive transmission projects come online faster than incumbent projects in 4 regions: R Street

  May 26, 2026

• US summer generating capacity increases by 75 GW since 2025: FERC

  May 22, 2026

• AEP, other Ohio utilities could own nuclear power plants under state bill

  May 22, 2026

• PJM accelerates backstop auction amid uncertainty over data center cost allocation

  May 20, 2026

• FirstEnergy utilities seek West Virginia rate increase

  May 19, 2026

• PJM gets emergency approval to curtail data centers, large loads during hot weather

  May 19, 2026

• DOE exceeded its authority with coal retirement delay, states tell appeals court

  May 18, 2026

• Eversource misclassified $385M transmission project to avoid scrutiny: ratepayer complaint

  May 14, 2026

• PJM may be ‘too big to function’: FERC Chairman Swett

  May 13, 2026

• Constellation Energy enters 5 GW of nuclear, gas, battery capacity in PJM queue

  May 12, 2026

• PPL ‘advanced’ data center pipeline grows to 28.3 GW in Pennsylvania

  May 11, 2026

• Evergy expects retail sales to rise up to 8% annually on data center growth

  May 8, 2026

• Exelon lowers utility spending to ease electric affordability issues

  May 7, 2026

• PJM floats options for capacity market overhaul

  May 7, 2026

• PSEG CEO: Nuclear outlook for New Jersey improves on lifting of moratorium

  May 6, 2026

• AEP eyes exit from PJM, SPP over slow generation interconnection

  May 6, 2026

• Pennsylvania House unanimously passes advanced transmission technology bill

  May 5, 2026

• New England transmission owners ask FERC for increased ROE

  May 1, 2026

• TransAlta seeks $19.9M for Centralia plant’s first DOE ‘emergency’ order

  May 1, 2026

• FirstEnergy opposes key part of PJM data center backstop procurement plan

  April 30, 2026

• At 106 GW, gas-fired generation leads PJM’s newly reopened interconnection queue

  April 29, 2026

• MISO capacity prices fall as new supply outpaces demand growth

  April 29, 2026

• PJM market monitor opposes 1.3-GW gas plant deal between Hull Street, Rockland Capital

  April 27, 2026

• PJM market monitor opposes waivers for Constellation’s Three Mile Island nuclear restart

  April 23, 2026

• Court curtails Trump administration moves to stifle wind, solar development

  April 22, 2026

• Kentucky utilities eye 266-MW pumped storage project as demand drives renewed interest

  April 21, 2026

• New England states urge FERC to advance $1.5B in ratepayer refunds

  April 21, 2026

• MISO expects load to jump 35% by 2035 on data center growth

  April 20, 2026

• PECO withdraws $510M in rate hike proposals over affordability concerns

  April 17, 2026

• FERC tees up June decision on data center interconnection reform

  April 17, 2026

• FERC orders American Efficient to pay $1.1B for ‘brazen fraud’

  April 16, 2026

• Colorado governor signs ‘advanced transmission technology’ bill

  April 15, 2026

• Maryland General Assembly passes rate relief measure to lower utility bills by $150/year

  April 14, 2026

• PJM proposes adding 14.9 GW with bilateral contracts, central procurement

  April 13, 2026

• Terra-Gen to pay $5.6M to settle CAISO market manipulation charges

  April 10, 2026

• Entergy, Xcel, others seek to upend competitive transmission bidding in MISO, SPP

  April 9, 2026

• Pennsylvania DEP seeks potential fast-track storage, generation projects

  April 7, 2026

• Eversource, Avangrid ask FERC to stay $1.5B refund decision

  April 7, 2026

• Nevada PUC approves NV Energy plan to join day-ahead market

  April 6, 2026

• FERC urged to reject TeraWulf’s power plant purchase due to undisclosed Google ownership stake

  April 3, 2026

• Reject Talen-Energy Capital power plant deal, PJM market monitor tells FERC

  April 2, 2026

• PECO seeks $429M rate hike, partly to reduce power outages

  April 1, 2026

• ArcLight in deal to buy 2.2 GW from InfraBridge, mainly gas

  March 31, 2026

• AMP, ratepayer advocates oppose ROE, rates proposed for $1.1B AEP-FirstEnergy transmission project

  March 30, 2026

• PJM data center colocation plan takes fire from Vistra, data center group, others

  March 27, 2026

• 50 GW of data centers online at end of 2025, with MISO seeing strongest growth: FERC

  March 26, 2026

• Pepco Holdings CEO talks rising demand, affordability and PJM market reforms

  March 25, 2026

• Maryland ratepayer advocate calls for greater transmission oversight as costs rise

  March 24, 2026

• ‘Emergencies’ requiring coal plants to stay open need not be imminent, DOE tells court

  March 23, 2026

• FERC rejects RWE complaint over PJM interconnection practices

  March 20, 2026

• LS Power strikes deal to buy 4.4 GW in PJM from Constellation

  March 19, 2026

• Democratic House bill aims to overturn Trump electricity policies

  March 18, 2026

• FERC approves SPP merger of interconnection, transmission planning

  March 17, 2026

• PPL Electric reaches $275M rate case settlement, including data center tariff

  March 16, 2026

• IOUs work to interconnect 39 GW of data center, manufacturing load: EEI

  March 13, 2026

• ‘Clear warning signs’ as PJM wholesale power costs jump 54% in one year

  March 13, 2026

• PJM is now using ambient-adjusted transmission ratings. Other grid operators will soon follow.

  March 12, 2026

• FERC approves ComEd data center transmission agreements

  March 11, 2026

• NERC overstates reliability risks in long-term assessment: Grid Strategies

  March 10, 2026

• MISO, SPP eye 500-kV cross-border projects to bolster reliability, save money

  March 9, 2026

• PJM market monitor opposes Maryland power plant sale to data center company

  March 5, 2026

• Coal plant DOE ordered to stay online unlikely to run given ‘flush’ power supplies: CEO

  March 4, 2026

• Virginia, Indiana lawmakers pass surplus interconnection bills

  March 2, 2026

• PJM proposes fast-track interconnection plan, capacity auction price collar

  March 2, 2026

• PSEG sees investment opportunity as NJ eyes adding in-state generation

  Feb. 27, 2026

• More interregional transmission could save consumers billions: study

  Feb. 26, 2026

• Constellation Energy sees surging power, capacity prices in 2025

  Feb. 25, 2026

• PJM proposes behind-the-meter reforms in data center colocation effort

  Feb. 24, 2026

• PPL spending plan jumps 15%, to $23B, on transmission, grid hardening

  Feb. 23, 2026

• Evergy’s capital spending plan jumps 24%, to $21.6B, driven by generation

  Feb. 20, 2026

• DOE ‘emergency’ power plant orders help grid reliability: NERC official

  Feb. 20, 2026

• FirstEnergy 5-year spending plan jumps 30%, to $36B, driven by transmission

  Feb. 19, 2026

• PGE in $1.9B deal to buy PacifiCorp’s Washington utility operations

  Feb. 18, 2026

• PJM board approves $11.8B transmission expansion plan

  Feb. 17, 2026

• Transmission drives Exelon’s capital spending plan to $41.3B

  Feb. 13, 2026

• AEP contracted large load pipeline doubles to 56 GW

  Feb. 13, 2026

• 300-MW Ameren fast-track project hits snag on DOE transmission funding uncertainty

  Feb. 12, 2026

• FERC rejects AEP request to sell capacity in upcoming auction

  Feb. 11, 2026

• EPA extends coal ash landfill monitoring, cleanup deadlines

  Feb. 10, 2026

• Manufacturers say AEP Ohio still inflating data center demand after halving forecast

  Feb. 6, 2026

• Utilities face cost-recovery risk as infrastructure costs, demand rise: Morningstar

  Feb. 5, 2026

• House lawmakers press FERC on affordability, reliability and gas

  Feb. 4, 2026

• Transmission planning, development improved since 2023 in most US regions: report

  Feb. 3, 2026

• Coal plant owners say DOE ‘emergency’ order to run it violates Constitution

  Feb. 2, 2026

• PJM prepares to call on data center, large load backup generation to avoid blackouts

  Jan. 30, 2026

• Republican, Democratic senators call for project certainty at permitting reform hearing

  Jan. 29, 2026

• FERC in 2026: Rising costs cloud regulators’ options on data centers, transmission and more

  Jan. 29, 2026

• MISO regulators seek stakeholder review for DOE ‘emergency’ orders cost allocation

  Jan. 26, 2026

• FERC upholds MISO, SPP fast-track generator reviews

  Jan. 23, 2026

• FERC commissioners see progress in PJM data center, power supply plans

  Jan. 23, 2026

• PJM cost concerns bleed into transmission planning

  Jan. 22, 2026

• PJM board calls for backstop auction in data center interconnection plan

  Jan. 20, 2026

• Trump administration pushes PJM to hold ‘emergency’ auction to supply data centers

  Jan. 16, 2026

• Talen in deal to buy 2.6 GW of gas plants in PJM for $3.5B

  Jan. 16, 2026

• Public Citizen challenges cost recovery for $546M PSE&G transmission project

  Jan. 15, 2026

• PJM trims near-term load forecast on stricter data center vetting, economic outlook

  Jan. 15, 2026

• Appeals court vacates FERC decision on PJM capacity results for Delmarva zone

  Jan. 14, 2026

• Illinois AG files objections to ComEd data center agreements at FERC

  Jan. 14, 2026

• EPA final rule on NOx limits emphasizes cost savings to turbine owners

  Jan. 13, 2026

• Senate bill exempts fully isolated large loads from FERC, DOE regulation

  Jan. 12, 2026

• Utilities under pressure: 6 power sector trends to watch in 2026

  Jan. 8, 2026

• MISO selects AEP-Berkshire JV to build $1.2B, 765-kV transmission project

  Jan. 8, 2026

• Data centers were 40% of PJM capacity costs in last auction: market monitor

  Jan. 7, 2026

• DOE orders 446-MW Colorado coal unit to keep running

  Jan. 6, 2026

• ISO-NE proposes capacity market overhaul with shift to ‘prompt’ auction

  Jan. 5, 2026

• DOE orders Indiana coal units totaling more than 950 MW to run past retirement dates

  Dec. 24, 2025

• Senate Democrats end permitting reform talks over offshore wind freeze

  Dec. 23, 2025

• Why the SPEED Act may slow down after passing the House

  Dec. 22, 2025

• FERC orders PJM to craft large load colocation rules

  Dec. 19, 2025

• FERC members raise alarms about PJM failure to meet reliability target

  Dec. 19, 2025

• PJM capacity prices hit record high as grid operator falls short of reliability target

  Dec. 18, 2025

• DOE orders 730-MW TransAlta coal plant in Washington to keep running

  Dec. 17, 2025

• Power producers ask FERC to reverse MISO’s $280M capacity auction ‘adjustment’

  Dec. 16, 2025

• ISO-NE opposes refund to BP Energy Retail Co. for $6M in billing errors

  Dec. 15, 2025

• FERC poised to issue decision on colocating large loads in PJM

  Dec. 12, 2025

• NYPA adopts 5.5-GW renewables plan amid concerns over affordability, policy changes

  Dec. 10, 2025

• NextEra aims to build up to 30 GW in data center power supply hubs by 2035

  Dec. 9, 2025

• PJM, others challenge large load interconnection filings at FERC

  Dec. 9, 2025

• With antitrust settlement, Constellation set to become largest US wholesale power provider

  Dec. 8, 2025

• Rein in CWIP to protect ratepayers from bloated infrastructure costs: report

  Dec. 5, 2025

• US solicitor general tells Supreme Court to reject Duke Energy antitrust appeal

  Dec. 4, 2025

• China seeks long-term vulnerabilities in US energy systems: House panelists

  Dec. 3, 2025

• FERC urged to reject AEP waiver request for PJM capacity sale

  Dec. 2, 2025

• MISO begins reviewing 6.1 GW — 70% of it gas — in fast-track interconnection study

  Dec. 2, 2025

• Power plants in SPP can expand up to 20% under new FERC-approved fast-track review

  Dec. 1, 2025

• No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor

  Nov. 26, 2025

• FERC urged to reject 370-MW NorthWestern Colstrip PPA

  Nov. 25, 2025

• NIPSCO to supply 3 GW to Amazon data centers in northern Indiana

  Nov. 25, 2025

• DOE large load interconnection proposal sparks federal-state jurisdiction concerns

  Nov. 24, 2025

• FERC approves PECO-Amazon data center transmission agreement

  Nov. 24, 2025

• New FERC commissioners say connecting data centers is key priority

  Nov. 21, 2025

• Ohio PUC orders FirstEnergy utilities to pay $250.7M over HB 6 bribery scandal

  Nov. 20, 2025

• PJM stakeholders fail to agree on data center interconnection rules

  Nov. 20, 2025

• DOE loans Constellation $1B to restart Three Mile Island nuclear unit

  Nov. 19, 2025

• Groups sue FERC over MISO, SPP fast-track interconnection programs

  Nov. 19, 2025

• Groups sue FERC over its approval of SPP’s capacity accreditation plan

  Nov. 18, 2025

• FERC OKs NRG’s 19 GW purchase of LS Power gas-fired and demand response assets

  Nov. 17, 2025

• Former FERC commissioners urge Supreme Court to uphold agency independence

  Nov. 14, 2025

• Tribes, conservation groups urge FERC to uphold veto policy on preliminary hydro permits

  Nov. 13, 2025

• FERC dismisses cost allocation complaint over ‘self-planned’ AEP transmission projects

  Nov. 12, 2025

• Vistra CEO says excess capacity in PJM, ERCOT can accommodate flexible loads

  Nov. 10, 2025

• Kansas, Michigan regulators approve large load rules for Evergy, Consumers Energy

  Nov. 10, 2025

• PSEG could offer lower rates to New Jersey’s incoming governor: equity analysts

  Nov. 6, 2025

• Exelon’s advanced data center pipeline grows to 18 GW

  Nov. 5, 2025

• SPP proposes landmark merger of transmission planning, interconnection processes

  Nov. 4, 2025

• AEP capital spending plan surges 33%, to $72B, in utility ‘super-cycle’

  Oct. 30, 2025

• FERC rejects Tri-State’s large load tariff over retail jurisdiction issues

  Oct. 29, 2025

• Kentucky utility, AG challenge PJM’s regional cost allocation plan for DOE ‘emergency’ orders

  Oct. 28, 2025

• Surging load growth requires flexibility, new approaches: FERC’s See

  Oct. 27, 2025

• FirstEnergy expects peak load to grow 45% by 2035 on data centers

  Oct. 24, 2025

• PJM poised to add more storage following surplus interconnection reform

  Oct. 23, 2025

• NERC president warns of ‘five-alarm fire’ for grid reliability

  Oct. 22, 2025

• FERC rejects NV Energy plan to allow free exit from interconnection study

  Oct. 21, 2025

• NorthWestern plans ‘large load’ tariff for Montana data centers

  Oct. 21, 2025

• Residential electricity prices surge ahead of C&I rates: Berkeley Lab

  Oct. 20, 2025

• FERC orders MISO to clarify how merchant projects will be included in transmission planning

  Oct. 17, 2025

• 21 Democratic House members press PJM for interconnection reforms

  Oct. 16, 2025

• VPP Convergence Project aims to educate states on virtual power plants

  Oct. 15, 2025

• PJM’s market monitor urges FERC to review Amazon data center’s effect on costs, reliability

  Oct. 15, 2025

• FERC approves SPP ‘provisional load’ interconnection review process

  Oct. 14, 2025

• Senate confirms FERC nominees, giving agency Republican majority

  Oct. 8, 2025

• Investor-owned utilities call for ending ‘overreliance’ on PJM capacity market

  Oct. 8, 2025

• Groups challenge MISO cost allocation plan for coal power plant

  Oct. 7, 2025

• Minnesota PUC approves $6.2B Allete sale to private equity

  Oct. 6, 2025

• Data centers ‘primary reason’ for high PJM capacity prices: market monitor

  Oct. 2, 2025

• Customers in 7 PJM states paid $4.4B for data center transmission in 2024: report

  Oct. 1, 2025

• Democratic House bill would reverse Trump energy policies, bolster RTO oversight

  Sept. 30, 2025

• Lawmakers urge PJM to take steps so clean energy projects can meet tax credit deadlines

  Sept. 29, 2025

• 2.1-GW SOO Green transmission project advances with Iowa agreement

  Sept. 25, 2025

• PJM CEO Asthana responds to criticism, says states must address supply challenges

  Sept. 24, 2025

• States threaten to leave PJM without expanded role in grid operator

  Sept. 23, 2025

• House passes bill to fast-track dispatchable generation interconnection

  Sept. 19, 2025

• FERC orders New England transmission owners to give more info on upgrade projects

  Sept. 19, 2025

• New FERC Chairman Rosner outlines priorities: ‘We need to build, build, build.’

  Sept. 19, 2025

• Bipartisan House group releases permitting reform ‘framework’

  Sept. 18, 2025

• Eversource faces financial risk over Trump administration’s offshore wind stop-work order: Fitch

  Sept. 17, 2025

• FERC ends effort to update its policy for reviewing gas pipeline, LNG proposals

  Sept. 16, 2025

• EPA plan to end GHG reporting would hurt carbon capture efforts: industry coalition

  Sept. 15, 2025

• Thermal power plants more competitive than clean energy when considering reliability: Vistra CEO

  Sept. 12, 2025

• Entergy expects data centers to drive 13% near-term annual industrial sales growth: CEO

  Sept. 12, 2025

• Senate panel approves FERC nominees Swett, LaCerte in party-line vote

  Sept. 11, 2025

• Complaint over MISO’s $22B transmission portfolio faces widespread opposition

  Sept. 10, 2025

• FERC transmission rate decision sparks dissent over possible bill increases

  Sept. 9, 2025

• Indiana governor seeks lower utility rates: ‘We can’t take it anymore.’

  Sept. 8, 2025

• Trump’s FERC nominees pledge agency independence in Senate confirmation hearing

  Sept. 5, 2025

• FERC in Focus: Will the agency maintain its independence under Trump 2.0?

  Sept. 4, 2025

• Swift Current lands $242M in financing for PJM’s largest storage project

  Sept. 4, 2025

• PJM stakeholders overwhelmingly pan proposal for data center interconnection

  Sept. 3, 2025

• PJM faces possible long-term ‘energy emergency’: DOE

  Sept. 2, 2025

• Illinois regulators, others urge FERC to dismiss Ameren push to build $1.9B in MISO projects

  Aug. 28, 2025

• MISO’s fast-track interconnection review draws 26.6 GW in proposals, dominated by gas

  Aug. 27, 2025

• FERC approves NextEra waiver needed for Duane Arnold nuclear plant restart

  Aug. 26, 2025

• Import tariffs could slow transmission development, drive up utility costs: Morningstar

  Aug. 26, 2025

• PacifiCorp urges FERC to dismiss challenges to adding $1.7B in wildfire costs to transmission rates

  Aug. 25, 2025

• PJM surplus interconnection can support 153 GW of solar, wind, storage: UC Berkeley researchers

  Aug. 21, 2025

• DOE extends order to delay retiring Consumers’ Michigan coal plant

  Aug. 21, 2025

• Black Hills, Northwestern agree to merge, with eye on serving data centers

  Aug. 21, 2025

• NV Energy seeks FERC approval to give wind, solar developers free exit from interconnection queue

  Aug. 19, 2025

• FERC approves cost allocation paths for power plants DOE ordered to run past shutdown dates

  Aug. 18, 2025

• Duke Energy proposes merging its Carolina utilities, driving $3.2B in estimated savings

  Aug. 15, 2025

• White House names Democrat Rosner to lead FERC

  Aug. 14, 2025

• $3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire

  Aug. 14, 2025

• EPA plans to revise coal-fired power plant wastewater rules

  Aug. 13, 2025

• PJM launches fast-track push to set rules for adding data centers

  Aug. 12, 2025

• FERC’s Christie steps down, leaving agency with three members

  Aug. 11, 2025

• Arizona utilities sign up for gas pipeline project, spurred by data center development

  Aug. 7, 2025

• PSE&G large load pipeline jumps 47%, to 9.4 GW, much of it speculative

  Aug. 6, 2025

• Independent power producers hit back at utility critics over PJM price surge

  Aug. 5, 2025

• MISO could save $27B in system costs by 2035 with 11 GW of batteries: report

  Aug. 5, 2025

• AEP expects to add 24 GW of load by 2030, mainly from data centers

  Aug. 1, 2025

• PPL Electric ‘advanced-stage’ data center pipeline grows 32%, to 14 GW

  Aug. 1, 2025

• Dynegy to pay $38M to settle charges it manipulated MISO’s capacity market

  July 31, 2025

• 5 utility commissions ask FERC to undo MISO’s $22B multi-value transmission portfolio

  July 31, 2025

• PPL utilities reach agreement on adding 1.3 GW of gas-fired power, mainly for data centers

  July 31, 2025

• EPA aims to revoke ‘endangerment finding’ underpinning power, auto sector climate regs

  July 30, 2025

• DOE allows Talen to run oil-fired unit above limits to avoid outages amid heat wave

  July 29, 2025

• FERC orders changes to PJM’s grid interconnection process, plus 3 other open meeting takeaways

  July 25, 2025

• FERC approves $16.4B Constellation-Calpine deal

  July 24, 2025

• FERC approves MISO, SPP fast-track interconnection reviews

  July 23, 2025

• PJM capacity prices set another record with 22% jump

  July 23, 2025

• FERC rejects MISO petition to limit market monitor’s transmission planning oversight

  July 21, 2025

• Governors seek more influence over PJM amid ‘crisis of confidence’

  July 18, 2025

• Trump taps Project 2025 contributor to fill vacant FERC seat

  July 17, 2025

• With Blackstone venture, PPL is ‘biggest winner’ from data center summit

  July 17, 2025

• Law judge calls for Minnesota PUC to reject $6.2B Allete private equity deal

  July 16, 2025

• Lydian Energy lands $233M in financing for 550 MW/1.1 GWh of Texas storage

  July 15, 2025

• Google to buy up to 3 GW of hydro power from Brookfield

  July 15, 2025

• Environmental, consumer advocates sue Bonneville for joining SPP’s day-ahead market

  July 11, 2025

• Misaligned interconnection, transmission planning could hurt competitive markets: FERC’s Chang

  July 11, 2025

• Power providers urge FERC to reject PacifiCorp adding $1.7B in wildfire liabilities to transmission rates

  July 9, 2025

• PJM market monitor urges FERC to set conditions on $12B NRG, LS Power deal

  July 8, 2025

• FERC rejects MISO, SPP plan to broaden scope of interregional transmission planning

  July 7, 2025

• Federal agencies, including FERC and DOE, revoke environmental review rules

  July 1, 2025

• State utility regulators urge FERC to slash ROE transmission incentive

  June 30, 2025

• FERC’s Christie calls for dispatchable resources after grid operators come ‘close to the edge’

  June 27, 2025

• Eight utility regulators challenge DOE order keeping Michigan coal plant open

  June 26, 2025

• Prevalon brings 80-MW battery storage online for Idaho Power

  June 25, 2025

• DOE grants Duke Energy authority to exceed power plant permit limits during extreme heat

  June 24, 2025

• Who should pay to keep Michigan coal plant running past its retirement date?

  June 23, 2025

• Groups appeal DOE ‘emergency’ order keeping Michigan plant online

  June 18, 2025

• NRG, LS Power ask FERC to approve $12B gas-fired power plant, demand-response deal

  June 17, 2025

• States, ratepayer advocates urge FERC to reject MISO petition to limit market monitor oversight

  June 16, 2025

• State regulators, utilities support SPP fast-track interconnection plan

  June 13, 2025

• EPA proposes slashing power plant carbon, mercury emission limits

  June 12, 2025

• Talen to sell Amazon 1.9 GW from Susquehanna nuclear plant

  June 11, 2025

• Prioritize ‘impactful’ power sources for interconnection: DOE’s Wright

  June 11, 2025

• MISO submits revised fast-track interconnection process for FERC approval

  June 10, 2025

• MISO resource outlook improves; surplus expected next summer

  June 9, 2025

• NERC overstates MISO reliability risks: market monitor

  June 6, 2025

• Does PJM have a data center problem?

  June 5, 2025

• Electricity consumer groups urge FERC to improve load forecasts

  June 4, 2025

• White House names energy attorney Swett to replace FERC’s Christie

  June 3, 2025

• DOE orders Constellation to delay retiring 760 MW to ease PJM ‘emergency’

  June 2, 2025

• DOE cancels $3.7B in carbon capture, decarbonization awards

  May 30, 2025

• FERC ALJ order threatens competitive transmission cost caps: CAISO

  May 29, 2025

• Vistra solar, battery projects in MISO face supply chain delays

  May 28, 2025

• DOE orders 1.6-GW coal-fired power plant to delay shutdown over MISO outage concerns

  May 27, 2025

• PJM, utilities urge FERC to dismiss call for colocation settlement talks

  May 8, 2025

• New Jersey BPU eyes potential for new nuclear

  May 7, 2025

• PJM, others urge FERC to dismiss ratepayer advocates’ capacity auction complaint

  May 6, 2025

• PJM fast-tracks 11.8 GW, mainly gas, to bolster power supplies

  May 5, 2025

• Exelon data center pipeline doubles to 36 GW since year-end

  May 2, 2025

• PSE&G open to utility-owned generation to tackle supply needs: CEO LaRossa

  May 1, 2025

• Northeast states to seek transmission proposals between PJM, ISO-NE, New York

  April 30, 2025

• MISO summer capacity prices jump to $666.50/MW-day as power supplies shrink

  April 29, 2025

• National Grid, Con Edison, other utilities urge FERC to consider gas pipeline reliability measures

  April 28, 2025

• FirstEnergy faces minimal direct tariff impact, but ‘uncertainty’ weighs on customers: CEO

  April 25, 2025

• Lightshift to build 11-MW storage project for Virginia municipal utility

  April 24, 2025

• Calpine, Constellation, others seek settlement talks over PJM colocation rules

  April 23, 2025

• Phillips exits FERC, leaving a seat for Trump to fill

  April 23, 2025

• FERC approves PJM capacity auction price cap, floor

  April 22, 2025

• Clean energy groups urge FERC to reject MISO interconnection plan for replacing retiring power plants

  April 21, 2025

• Cold-weather grid performance improves, plus 4 other FERC open meeting takeaways

  April 18, 2025

• Trump exempts more than a third of US coal capacity from updated mercury, air toxics rule

  April 16, 2025

• FERC should order PJM to rerun last capacity auction: ratepayer advocates

  April 15, 2025

• Trump directs FERC, other agencies to add 5-year sunsets to energy-related regulations

  April 10, 2025

• PJM, Google partner to speed grid interconnection using AI

  April 10, 2025

• Trump aims to boost coal, in part by ordering power plants to stay open

  April 9, 2025

• Utilities, state regulators urge FERC to approve MISO’s fast-track interconnection plan

  April 8, 2025

• FERC urged to reject proposed ROE, incentives for $3B Valley Link transmission project

  April 7, 2025

• LS Power eyes 300-MW colocated data center at Virginia power plant

  April 7, 2025

• SPP to rely on demand response to help bridge shrinking power supplies: CEO Nickell

  April 4, 2025

• Largest US gas-fired power plant planned for data centers in Pennsylvania

  April 3, 2025

• PacifiCorp aims to add 4.7 GW renewables, 1.7 GW storage by 2031

  April 2, 2025

• FERC review of PJM colocation rules for data centers, large loads may extend past mid-year: analysts

  April 1, 2025

• Moody’s upgrades PG&E on reduced credit risks from wildfires

  March 28, 2025

• PJM fast-track interconnection process draws 26.6 GW in proposals

  March 27, 2025

• Span unveils at-the-meter load control device for utilities

  March 26, 2025

• Ratepayer advocates urge FERC to reject proposed Constellation-Calpine deal

  March 26, 2025

• IRA repeal would increase energy costs, hurt jobs: Energy Innovation

  March 24, 2025

• MISO proposes demand response rule changes to stem market fraud, gaming

  March 24, 2025

• FERC approves SPP’s RTO West, plus 4 other open meeting takeaways

  March 21, 2025

• Hawaiian utility contracts for solar-plus-storage projects from AES

  March 20, 2025

• PJM’s capacity ‘price collar’ proposal sparks market confidence concerns

  March 18, 2025

• FERC reaffirms approval of Southeastern SEEM market

  March 17, 2025

• MISO overstates transmission plan benefits by excluding Invenergy project: market monitor

  March 14, 2025

• Kentucky Power customers pay for AEP transmission without benefit, state officials say in complaint

  March 14, 2025

• EPA aims to roll back power sector regulations in broad deregulatory push

  March 13, 2025

• Ontario suspends tariff on electricity exports to US

  March 12, 2025

• Ontario imposes 25% tariff on power exports to US

  March 11, 2025

• Utilities may subsidize data center growth by shifting costs to other ratepayers: Harvard Law paper

  March 10, 2025

• Bonneville opts to join SPP’s Markets+ day-ahead market over CAISO alternative

  March 7, 2025

• Basin Electric urges Congress to support clean energy tax credits

  March 6, 2025

• Will Trump tariffs delay utility transmission, power plant plans?

  March 5, 2025

• PPL’s Kentucky utilities propose 1.3 GW of gas, 400 MW of storage to meet data center load

  March 3, 2025

• FirstEnergy’s 5-year data center pipeline doubles to 3 GW

  Feb. 28, 2025

• PJM board approves $6.7B transmission expansion plan

  Feb. 27, 2025

• PSE&G large load pipeline jumps to 4.7 GW as nuclear offtake talks continue: CEO LaRossa

  Feb. 26, 2025

• NERC interregional transfer capability study lacks detail to drive transmission upgrades: EIPC

  Feb. 25, 2025

• US governors press for infrastructure permitting reform

  Feb. 24, 2025

• FERC launches colocation review, plus 6 other open meeting takeaways

  Feb. 21, 2025

• FERC complies with major portions of Trump order on independent agencies: Christie

  Feb. 21, 2025

• Indiana regulators approve ‘large load’ interconnection rules

  Feb. 20, 2025

• White House claims authority over FERC, other independent agencies

  Feb. 19, 2025

• AEP expects electric sales to jump 8.6% annually over 3 years

  Feb. 18, 2025

• New Jersey residential customers face 20% bill hikes, driven by PJM capacity prices: BPU

  Feb. 13, 2025

• Exelon data center pipeline jumps to 17 GW as load forecast turns positive

  Feb. 13, 2025

• FERC approves PJM’s fast-track power plant interconnection plan

  Feb. 12, 2025

• Existing US grid can handle ‘significant’ new flexible load: report

  Feb. 11, 2025

• Alabama Power’s $622M deal to buy Tenaska power plant faces challenge at FERC

  Feb. 10, 2025

• RTOs could fast-track dispatchable generation under House, Senate bills

  Feb. 7, 2025

• DOE to focus on expanding baseload generation: Secretary Wright

  Feb. 6, 2025

• FERC delay on ISO-NE interconnection plan could lock out 3 GW from capacity auction: Flatiron

  Feb. 6, 2025

• California PUC streamlines transmission permitting process

  Feb. 4, 2025

• Senate confirms Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as DOE secretary

  Feb. 4, 2025

• FERC approves MISO interconnection queue cap proposal

  Feb. 3, 2025

• Bitcoin miner Stronghold to pay $1.4M to settle charges it violated PJM market rules

  Jan. 31, 2025

• Tesla storage deployments more than double to 31.4 GWh in 2024

  Jan. 30, 2025

• New MISO demand response rules could bar resources from capacity auction: Voltus complaint

  Jan. 29, 2025

• PJM agrees to lower price cap for upcoming capacity auctions

  Jan. 29, 2025

• EsVolta poised to bring 490 MW/980 MWh of storage online in ERCOT

  Jan. 28, 2025

• FERC in Focus: Consumers, reliability and states are FERC’s top priorities, Chairman Christie says

  Jan. 28, 2025

• Calpine to sell 3.5 GW in PJM to avoid market power concerns from Constellation merger

  Jan. 28, 2025

• FERC reinstates Transco gas pipeline approval

  Jan. 27, 2025

• Trump plans to use emergency powers to fast-track generation co-located with AI

  Jan. 24, 2025

• State utility regulators, 4 governors urge FERC to lower PJM capacity price cap

  Jan. 23, 2025

• DOE offers $30M for superhot rock geothermal projects

  Jan. 23, 2025

• Trump taps Mark Christie to lead FERC, replacing Willie Phillips

  Jan. 21, 2025

• Appeals court directs FERC to strip ROE transmission adder from Duke, FirstEnergy Ohio utilities

  Jan. 21, 2025

• FERC approves SPP’s Markets+ Western power market, plus 3 other open meeting takeaways

  Jan. 17, 2025

• DOE nominee Wright aims to boost power supplies to lower costs

  Jan. 16, 2025

• Surging electricity demand drives power-sector agenda

  Jan. 16, 2025

• PJM’s proposal to unlock unused interconnection capacity gains broad support

  Jan. 14, 2025

• PJM’s capacity market proposal faces pushback from market monitor, generators

  Jan. 13, 2025

• AEP to sell stake in transmission companies to KKR-PSP consortium for $2.8B

  Jan. 10, 2025

• Public Citizen challenges cost allocation for $546M PSE&G transmission project

  Jan. 10, 2025

• PJM ‘shovel-ready’ interconnection plan draws mixed reviews at FERC

  Jan. 9, 2025

• FERC approves Shell purchase of 600-MW gas-fired plant in Rhode Island

  Jan. 8, 2025

• Voltus agrees to pay $18M to settle allegations it violated MISO demand response rules

  Jan. 7, 2025

• National Grid, Con Edison urge FERC to adopt gas pipeline reliability requirements

  Jan. 6, 2025

• Pennsylvania asks FERC to lower PJM capacity price cap to prevent ‘runaway’ costs

  Jan. 2, 2025

• FERC should bar transmission owners from planning local transmission over 100-kV: complaint

  Dec. 20, 2024

• FERC floats ‘ride-through’ reliability standards for wind, solar, batteries, plus 5 other open meeting takeaways

  Dec. 20, 2024

• Ameren Missouri will spend $61M to mitigate Clean Air Act violations from Missouri power plant

  Dec. 19, 2024

• American Efficient faces $975M FERC hit for ‘manipulative scheme’ in MISO, PJM

  Dec. 18, 2024

• MISO board approves $22B regional transmission plan with 765-kV backbone

  Dec. 13, 2024

• Grid constraints limit near-term data center growth in Northwest: NPCC panelist

  Dec. 12, 2024

• Google, Intersect Power to develop co-located energy parks with $20B of renewables, storage

  Dec. 11, 2024

• PJM expects summer peak load to grow 2% a year on average, driven by data centers

  Dec. 10, 2024

• FERC rejects plan to shift PJM’s transmission planning protocol in win for state regulators

  Dec. 9, 2024

• FERC orders Ketchup Caddy to pay $27M for MISO demand response fraud

  Dec. 6, 2024

• PSE&G to pay $6.6M for inaccurately reporting need for local PJM transmission project

  Dec. 6, 2024

• Renewable energy developers urge PJM to drop fast-track interconnection plan

  Dec. 4, 2024

• Eos Energy lands $304M DOE loan for battery plant expansion

  Dec. 3, 2024

• Duke pauses consideration of DOE loan program with Trump election, new Congress

  Dec. 2, 2024

• ECP plan to buy 5.3 GW could drive up PJM capacity prices, Public Citizen, others tell FERC

  Nov. 27, 2024

• 2024 election: US electric power sector impacts

  Nov. 27, 2024

• Constellation asks FERC for PJM rules on data centers and other co-located load

  Nov. 26, 2024

• Affordability, data center growth and more: 9 state utility regulators reveal their top challenges

  Nov. 26, 2024

• EPA proposes tightening NOx limits for new gas-fired power plants

  Nov. 25, 2024

• Indiana Michigan Power, Amazon, Google, others agree on large load interconnection rules

  Nov. 25, 2024

• FERC expands states’ role in regional transmission planning, cost allocation

  Nov. 22, 2024

• Local transmission spending soars nationwide amid ‘serious absence of cost containment’

  Nov. 20, 2024

• Salt River, APS sign up for 300 MW of storage from EDP Renewables, Strata Clean Energy

  Nov. 19, 2024

• Ratepayer advocates press FERC for PJM capacity market changes, citing ‘crushing’ prices

  Nov. 19, 2024

• Not just a ‘boondoggle’: State regulators, industrial companies push for cost effective transmission

  Nov. 19, 2024

• FERC urged to shield AES Ohio customers from expected grid costs due to 1.5-GW Amazon data center

  Nov. 18, 2024

• Trump taps North Dakota Gov. Burgum to run Interior, new national energy council

  Nov. 18, 2024

• FERC approves MISO, SPP transmission plan expected to spur 29 GW of renewables

  Nov. 15, 2024

• State utility regulators urge Congress to fund advanced transmission technologies

  Nov. 14, 2024

• Gas-fired generation likely needed to maintain reliability for years: SPP, Black Hills

  Nov. 13, 2024

• Gas-fired generation for data centers offers bridge to net-negative carbon future: MISO’s Moeller

  Nov. 12, 2024

• Trump taps former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

  Nov. 12, 2024

• Rising data center loads pose grid reliability, residential cost risks: APS executive

  Nov. 11, 2024

• AEP, others press for FERC guidance on ‘gargantuan’ issue of data center colocation

  Nov. 4, 2024

• FERC rejects interconnection pact for Talen-Amazon data center deal at nuclear plant

  Nov. 4, 2024

• FERC’s Rosner pushes state flexibility in transmission planning rehearing order

  Nov. 1, 2024

• States should procure power supplies outside PJM capacity auctions: FirstEnergy CEO

  Oct. 31, 2024

• Exelon’s ‘high probability’ data center load has nearly doubled to 11 GW, CEO says

  Oct. 31, 2024

• US district court rules Texas transmission law favoring incumbent utilities unconstitutional

  Oct. 29, 2024

• How will the presidential and Senate election outcomes affect FERC and its policies?

  Oct. 29, 2024

• 5 governors call for PJM capacity market rule changes to reduce ‘unnecessary’ consumer costs

  Oct. 28, 2024

• MISO, TVA to sell ‘emergency energy’ under proposed agreement

  Oct. 25, 2024

• AEP Ohio reaches agreement with stakeholders on data center interconnection rules

  Oct. 24, 2024

• Power plant owners back PJM capacity auction delay but warn of waning investor confidence

  Oct. 23, 2024

• PJM floats options for fast-track interconnection for shovel-ready projects

  Oct. 21, 2024

• DOE selects nearly $2B in projects for grid resilience funding

  Oct. 18, 2024

• FERC bars payments for ‘deadband’ reactive power, plus 4 other open meeting takeaways

  Oct. 18, 2024

• Supreme Court rejects calls to put a hold on EPA power plant carbon rule

  Oct. 17, 2024

• BPA plans $3 billion in transmission projects, including 500-kV lines

  Oct. 16, 2024

• Possible PJM market changes could lower near-term capacity prices: Morgan Stanley

  Oct. 15, 2024

• AEP Ohio urges PUC to reject ‘Hail Mary’ data center tariff proposal from Amazon, others

  Oct. 14, 2024

• PJM plans to delay upcoming capacity auction by six months

  Oct. 11, 2024

• NiSource gets an A, 15 utilities get Fs as Sierra Club slams pace of coal plant closures

  Oct. 10, 2024

• Hurricane Milton slams Florida, leaving 3.4M utility customers without power

  Oct. 10, 2024

• Omitting Talen Energy RMR units from PJM’s next capacity auction could cost $14.5B: OPSI

  Oct. 9, 2024

• PJM aims to fast-track reliability projects in interconnection queue

  Oct. 9, 2024

• AEP, Dominion, FirstEnergy propose joint 765-kV transmission projects across PJM

  Oct. 8, 2024

• DOE offers microgrid funding with focus on Alaska, Hawaii, indigenous tribes

  Oct. 7, 2024

• DC Circuit upholds FERC order on NextEra Seabrook circuit breaker

  Oct. 7, 2024

• DOE selects 3-GW Pattern Energy transmission project linking ERCOT, Southeast for capacity buy

  Oct. 4, 2024

• Constellation, Calpine, others urge FERC to reject Exelon co-location tariff proposals

  Oct. 3, 2024

• DOE transmission planning study identifies ‘high opportunity’ interregional interfaces

  Oct. 3, 2024

• Pathways Initiative proposes regional organization to oversee Western power markets

  Oct. 2, 2024

• FERC approves CAISO interconnection reform plan

  Oct. 2, 2024

• PJM artificially inflates capacity prices by billions, complaint alleges

  Sept. 30, 2024

• MISO advances $21.8B regional transmission portfolio, including 765-kV backbone

  Sept. 26, 2024

• RTOs could fast-track power projects in interconnection queues under House bill

  Sept. 26, 2024

• PJM says ‘concerns are growing’ after less than 2 GW added this year

  Sept. 26, 2024

• PJM market design flaws add billions to latest capacity auction costs: market monitor

  Sept. 24, 2024

• A fast-track PJM interconnection review could speed Three Mile Island restart: Constellation CFO

  Sept. 23, 2024

• PJM rejects call to include RMR plants in capacity auctions to lower prices

  Sept. 23, 2024

• FERC rejects CPower’s challenge to PJM demand response rules, plus 4 other open meeting takeaways

  Sept. 20, 2024

• PJM is blocking battery storage interconnection pathway: renewable energy group report

  Sept. 19, 2024

• Exelon utilities urge Maryland PSC to keep multiyear rate process

  Sept. 18, 2024

• Clean energy groups urge FERC to reject Southeast Energy Exchange Market

  Sept. 16, 2024

• California PUC sets grid connection timelines for large investor-owned utilities

  Sept. 16, 2024

• FirstEnergy to pay $100M to settle SEC HB 6 bribery investigation

  Sept. 13, 2024

• Rising power prices increase credit risk for utilities: Moody’s

  Sept. 13, 2024

• Middle River Power reverses plan to shut 540-MW plant amid record PJM capacity prices

  Sept. 12, 2024

• National Grid, Constellation propose options to prioritize grid interconnection requests

  Sept. 11, 2024

• BLM approves NV Energy’s Greenlink West transmission, Arevia’s $2.3B solar + storage project

  Sept. 10, 2024

• Flexible interconnection service for Duke solar could slash costs, speed grid connections: study

  Sept. 10, 2024

• PJM seeks OK from FERC to end energy efficiency capacity payments

  Sept. 9, 2024

• The fallout from PJM’s record-setting capacity auction

  Sept. 6, 2024

• WestTEC to develop West-wide ‘actionable’ transmission plan

  Sept. 6, 2024

• Uprates, batteries and DR may offer near-term responses to record PJM capacity prices

  Sept. 6, 2024

• PJM considers fast-track review for shovel-ready generating projects

  Sept. 5, 2024

• White House announces $7.3B clean energy financing for Dairyland Power, 15 other co-ops

  Sept. 5, 2024

• Reregulation? How utilities and states are responding to PJM’s record capacity prices

  Sept. 4, 2024

• Ratepayer advocates urge PJM to include RMR power plants in capacity auctions

  Sept. 3, 2024

• FERC’s Christie offers ‘compromise’ on transmission financial incentives

  Aug. 30, 2024

• PJM capacity prices could jump 157% in next auction: Morgan Stanley

  Aug. 29, 2024

• Pennsylvania state senator to propose loan fund to spur new power plants

  Aug. 29, 2024

• Clean energy groups push for more interconnection reforms ahead of FERC workshop

  Aug. 27, 2024

• Southwest Power Pool seeks FERC OK to delay 2024 interconnection queue process

  Aug. 26, 2024

• CAISO interconnection reform plan draws support from SoCal Ed, PG&E, PUC

  Aug. 23, 2024

• MISO, SPP advance ‘unprecedented’ transmission plan that could support up to 30 GW

  Aug. 22, 2024

• FERC rejects Basin Electric’s cryptocurrency mining rate proposal

  Aug. 21, 2024

• EIA expects 62.8 GW to come online in 2024, led by solar, energy storage

  Aug. 19, 2024

• Adding 8.5 GW of energy storage could save Illinois ratepayers $3B: study

  Aug. 16, 2024

• Maryland electric customers face up to 24% bill hikes from PJM capacity auction: report

  Aug. 15, 2024

• FirstEnergy to pay $19.5M to settle Ohio’s HB 6 bribery investigations

  Aug. 14, 2024

• US households claim $8.4B in efficiency, clean energy tax credits for 2023: Treasury

  Aug. 7, 2024

• LS Power unit to pay $2.7M to settle alleged CAISO market violations

  Aug. 7, 2024

• DC Circuit vacates FERC’s reapproval of 2 LNG export terminals, gas pipeline

  Aug. 7, 2024

• Quantum in $3B deal to buy Cogentrix, with its 5.3 GW of gas generation, from Carlyle

  Aug. 6, 2024

• Innovative transmission, energy storage projects in 18 states get $2.2B from DOE

  Aug. 6, 2024

• HEI, Hawaiian Electric to pay $2B in pending Maui wildfire settlement

  Aug. 5, 2024

• FERC seeks more info on Talen-Amazon nuclear interconnection pact

  Aug. 5, 2024

• PJM capacity auction to lead to double-digit rate hikes for Exelon utilities: CFO

  Aug. 2, 2024

• Illinois can replace fossil plants with storage, capacity from queues: NRDC

  Aug. 1, 2024

• FirstEnergy seeks alternatives to PJM capacity market to bolster power supply

  Aug. 1, 2024

• AEP data center and other commercial sales soar 12.4% in Q2

  Aug. 1, 2024

• PJM capacity prices hit record highs, sending build signal to generators

  July 31, 2024

• DC Circuit vacates FERC approval of $950M Williams pipeline project

  July 31, 2024

• 55 miles of high-voltage transmission lines added in 2023 as US buildout slows: report

  July 30, 2024

• DC Circuit rejects Entergy challenge to MISO’s capacity rules

  July 29, 2024

• DOE awards $371M to boost permitting, local benefits from transmission projects

  July 24, 2024

• AEP, Exelon oppose Talen-Amazon interconnection pact to protect rate base growth potential: Constellation

  July 24, 2024

• Utility commissioners from 14 states, DC, say FERC transmission rule will lower energy costs

  July 24, 2024

• Bipartisan energy permitting bill ups FERC transmission siting authority, requires interregional planning

  July 23, 2024

• DC Circuit rejects bids to put hold on EPA power plant carbon rule

  July 22, 2024

• States, clean energy groups, others appeal FERC transmission planning rule

  July 19, 2024

• FERC in Focus: What’s on tap for the rest of 2024 as FERC’s 3 new commissioners gear up?

  July 18, 2024

• Duke, Exelon, others urge FERC to toss ‘show cause’ order on utility self-funding interconnection upgrades

  July 17, 2024

• Data center, crypto operations in 10 states drive all US commercial power sales growth since 2019: EIA

  July 16, 2024

• PJM market monitor asks FERC to end grid operator’s energy efficiency capacity payments

  July 15, 2024

• Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling creates power sector uncertainty: Moody’s

  July 12, 2024

• Talen-Amazon interconnection agreement needs extended FERC review: PJM market monitor

  July 11, 2024

• DC Circuit vacates FERC Western refund decisions, rejects Duke challenge to network upgrade orders

  July 10, 2024

• FERC approves capacity solicitation plan for $2.4B RioSol transmission project

  July 9, 2024

• Talen urges FERC to reject AEP-Exelon protest over interconnection pact for Amazon data center

  July 8, 2024

• FERC issues transmission planning rule, plus 5 other first half agency highlights

  July 3, 2024

• Supreme Court’s Chevron, Corner Post decisions could delay energy investments, spur litigation: analysts

  July 2, 2024

• FERC targets Affirmed Energy for alleged tariff violation in PJM capacity market

  July 1, 2024

• Talen Energy defends interconnection agreement for Amazon data center at nuclear plant

  June 28, 2024

• FERC advances dynamic line rating framework, plus 6 other takeaways from its open meeting

  June 28, 2024

• AEP, Exelon challenge PJM interconnection pact for Amazon data center at Talen nuclear plant

  June 26, 2024

• Consumer advocates ask FERC to halt PJM energy efficiency ‘addback’ in capacity market

  June 25, 2024

• Clean energy, environmental groups urge FERC to reject PJM grid interconnection plan

  June 24, 2024

• MISO faces possible capacity shortfall next summer in northern, central regions

  June 21, 2024

• California agency awards $26.7M for long-duration energy storage projects

  June 18, 2024

• FERC reconsiders Southeast Energy Exchange Market approval

  June 18, 2024

• Utility self-funding rules for interconnection upgrades may unfairly drive up costs: FERC

  June 17, 2024

• CAISO board approves ‘transformational’ grid interconnection reforms

  June 14, 2024

• Senate confirms FERC nominees, restoring agency to full commissioner complement

  June 13, 2024

• Basin Electric faces $471M in customer rebates for putting nonutility expenses in rates

  June 13, 2024

• Maryland PSC rejects Exelon utility’s $213.6M multiyear rate plan

  June 12, 2024

• FERC in Focus

  June 11, 2024

• FERC in Focus: Has the agency been ‘captured’ by the sectors it regulates?

  June 11, 2024

• As major energy projects face 20% cost overruns, Bain consultants outline potential fixes

  June 7, 2024

• Grid operators fail to effectively use interregional ties, increasing costs, hurting reliability: NREL

  June 7, 2024

• Senate panel advances FERC nominees; Senate confirms NRC chair for second term

  June 5, 2024

• PJM market monitor challenges energy efficiency payments to Exelon utilities, FirstEnergy, others

  June 4, 2024

• Pathways Initiative advances plan for independent power market organization for the West

  June 3, 2024

• NV Energy opts to join CAISO-developed day-ahead market over SPP alternative

  June 3, 2024

• States, renewable energy groups press FERC to approve ISO-NE long-range transmission process

  May 31, 2024

• Duke to offer expanded suite of clean energy options to Amazon, Google, other large customers

  May 30, 2024

• Earthjustice leads lawsuit seeking stricter EPA coal plant wastewater rules

  May 30, 2024

• 21 states, DOE launch initiative to spur grid-enhancing technologies, advanced conductors

  May 29, 2024

• FERC rebuffs states, upholds approval of PJM capacity market plan for Delmarva region

  May 28, 2024

• CAISO board approves $6.1B transmission plan with focus on access to clean energy

  May 24, 2024

• US power demand expected to jump 2.7% this summer, plus 5 other takeaways from FERC’s open meeting

  May 24, 2024

• EEI joins AEP, Duke, other utilities in suing EPA over power plant greenhouse gas rule

  May 23, 2024

• Sens. Manchin, Barrasso craft bipartisan permitting reform bill amid growing load forecasts

  May 22, 2024

• SoCalEd-Lotus Infrastructure consortium wins $503M CAISO transmission project

  May 21, 2024

• North American utility credit metrics weaken on rising capex, regulatory lag: Morningstar

  May 17, 2024

• FERC transmission rule likely boon to consumers, but Christie dissent is a blueprint for litigation, analysts say

  May 16, 2024

• AEP Ohio proposes data center, crypto financial requirements amid 30 GW in service inquiries

  May 15, 2024

• AEP in $315M deal to sell distributed resource business to Basalt Infrastructure funds

  May 15, 2024

• FERC issues landmark transmission planning, cost allocation rule, with dissent over state roles

  May 14, 2024

• FERC revises its backstop permitting rules for national interest transmission corridor projects

  May 14, 2024

• FERC issues watershed transmission planning, cost allocation reform rule on 2-1 vote

  May 13, 2024

• FERC in Focus: How will 2 Supreme Court cases — on Chevron deference and ALJs — affect the commission?

  May 13, 2024

• PJM, MISO to study transmission upgrades to bolster interregional power flows

  May 10, 2024

• California PUC rejects PG&E plan to spin off 5.6 GW in non-nuclear assets

  May 10, 2024

• Clean energy, gas generation in PJM may take longer to come online than expected: report

  May 9, 2024

• Allete agrees to $6.2B sale to Canadian pension fund, New York private equity firm

  May 7, 2024

• Replacing a Talen Energy coal-fired power plant with battery storage is infeasible: PJM

  May 6, 2024

• Exelon sees data center, other ‘high-density’ load growth opportunities

  May 3, 2024

• Brookfield, Microsoft ink largest-ever corporate clean energy deal for 10.5 GW

  May 2, 2024

• PSEG in talks to sell nuclear power to data centers: CEO LaRossa

  May 1, 2024

• AEP faces 15 GW of new load, driven by Amazon, Google, other data centers: interim CEO Fowke

  May 1, 2024

• SPP Markets+ Western market plan sparks support, protest and concerns

  April 30, 2024

• FirstEnergy may ‘put a little money on the table’ to help end HB 6 bribery litigation: CEO

  April 29, 2024

• MISO capacity prices triple for next summer, spring, partly on power plant retirements

  April 26, 2024

• Extreme winter weather grid performance improves, and 5 other takeaways from FERC’s open meeting

  April 26, 2024

• DOE sets 2-year deadline for federal transmission permitting, cutting average timelines in half

  April 25, 2024

• PG&E highlights 100% emissions-free power in 2023 as generation spin-off hits snag

  April 24, 2024

• APS, others plan 1-year delay in fines for Western Resource Adequacy Program capacity shortfalls

  April 23, 2024

• Democratic bill mandates FERC interconnection reforms to bring new resources online faster

  April 18, 2024

• DOE issues road map for speeding, improving grid interconnections to unlock 2.6-TW backlog

  April 18, 2024

• Surging demand growth spurs openings for advanced nuclear, grid technologies: DOE’s Crane

  April 17, 2024

• Equinor jumps into ERCOT market with 110 MW of merchant battery projects

  April 16, 2024

• VPPs, other advanced technologies could each expand existing US grid capacity 20-100 GW: DOE

  April 16, 2024

• Constellation, generator trade groups back PJM plan to revert to original capacity auction results

  April 15, 2024

• Grid interconnection queues jumped 27%, to 2.6 TW, in 2023, led by solar, storage: DOE lab

  April 11, 2024

• Pathways Initiative proposes independent power market organization for the West

  April 11, 2024

• FERC approves PJM’s $5.1B cost-share plan for transmission to be built by Dominion, others

  April 10, 2024

• Reconductoring US power lines could quadruple new transmission capacity by 2035: report

  April 9, 2024

• South Carolina advances bill that could spur gas power for Duke, Dominion utilities, hamper solar

  April 9, 2024

• Don’t count on FERC as the ‘big sugar daddy’ for new transmission, generation: Commissioner Christie

  April 5, 2024

• Bonneville staff backs joining SPP’s Markets+ day-ahead market over CAISO alternative

  April 5, 2024

• CAISO proposes $6.1B transmission plan, mainly for offshore wind

  April 2, 2024

• SPP capacity accreditation plan disadvantages clean power, threatens reliability, ACP, others say

  April 1, 2024

• MISO seeks FERC approval for new capacity accreditation process to bolster grid reliability

  March 29, 2024

• Efficiency, clean energy are options for meeting demand growth before gas generation: Energy Innovation

  March 28, 2024

• States shouldn’t have to pay for transmission driven by other states’ policies: FERC’s Christie

  March 26, 2024

• ISO/RTO Council urges FERC to nix NERC’s proposed cold weather reliability standard

  March 25, 2024

• FERC doesn’t act on dispute over Salt River Project’s rooftop solar rules, teeing up possible court battle

  March 25, 2024

• Up to 58 GW faces retirement in PJM by 2030 without replacement capacity in sight: market monitor

  March 18, 2024

• PG&E aims to raise up to $1B for transmission through leases to Citizens Energy

  March 15, 2024

• Bills aim to spur grid-enhancing technologies with shared-savings incentives from FERC

  March 14, 2024

• 3rd Circuit backs NRG, Constellation Energy, others in rejecting FERC move on PJM capacity auction

  March 14, 2024

• DOE’s ARPA-E faces budget cut, FERC to explore AI and other highlights from Biden’s budget

  March 12, 2024

• California PUC urges FERC to reject SCE’s early cost recovery request for $1.6B in projects

  March 11, 2024

• Federal lawmakers urge FERC to adopt ‘shared savings’ incentive for grid-enhancing technologies

  March 8, 2024

• MISO proposes up to $23B transmission expansion with 765-kV ‘highway’

  March 7, 2024

• Colorado PUC proposes rules for Xcel, Tri-State, Black Hills to join RTO, day-ahead markets

  March 5, 2024

• EPA pulls existing gas plants from proposed power plant carbon reduction rules

  March 4, 2024

• FERC rejects West Virginia PSC, market monitor complaints seeking access to PJM committee

  March 4, 2024

• FERC rejects $1.1B Bridgepoint-Energy Capital Partners private equity deal on competition concerns

  March 4, 2024

• Biden taps 3 for FERC seats amid concerns over potential lack of quorum

  March 1, 2024

• Biden nominates 3 FERC commissioners

  Feb. 29, 2024

• 2024 PJM Outlook: Tough choices loom on capacity market, plant retirements, transmission planning

  Feb. 29, 2024

• AEP CEO removed after one year as company strategy remains unchanged

  Feb. 28, 2024

• SPP proposes renewable, thermal resource accreditation reforms aimed at bolstering reliability

  Feb. 27, 2024

• ERCOT, CAISO offer best grid interconnection processes; PJM, ISO-NE the worst, report finds

  Feb. 26, 2024

• Avangrid, other utilities urge FERC to reject ‘false’ claims of insufficient transmission cost reviews

  Feb. 23, 2024

• FERC enforcement office seeks $27M from Ketchup Caddy for MISO demand response fraud

  Feb. 22, 2024

• Colorado cities urge FERC to reject cost allocation for Xcel’s $2B Power Pathway transmission project

  Feb. 21, 2024

• With FERC approval in hand, Vistra poised to close on $6.3B Energy Harbor buy

  Feb. 20, 2024

• FERC OKs cold weather reliability standards, and 5 other takeaways from Thursday’s open meeting

  Feb. 16, 2024

• GETs could facilitate 6.6 GW of clean energy in five PJM states, saving $1B a year: RMI

  Feb. 15, 2024

• State utility regulators urge PJM, MISO to bolster joint interregional transmission planning

  Feb. 14, 2024

• Maryland ratepayer advocate urges FERC to reject PJM’s $5.1B transmission cost allocation plan

  Feb. 13, 2024

• FirstEnergy increases 5-year spending plan 44%, to $26B, drops 2030 carbon goal

  Feb. 12, 2024

• Phillips named FERC chair as Clements decides against second term

  Feb. 12, 2024

• CAISO seeks FERC approval to cancel 2024 interconnection study process

  Feb. 9, 2024

• PJM set to hold capacity auction in June after receiving mixed FERC decisions

  Feb. 9, 2024

• Interregional transmission would grow 126%, to 191 GW, by 2035 under BIG WIRES bill: report

  Feb. 8, 2024

• EPA tightens annual soot standard as TVA, other utilities say science doesn’t back change

  Feb. 7, 2024

• DOE launches solicitation for up to $1.2B in transmission capacity contracts

  Feb. 7, 2024

• FERC approves ISO-NE day-ahead reserve initiative, in boost to flexible resources

  Feb. 5, 2024

• Clean energy groups back Duke Energy multi-value local transmission planning proposal

  Feb. 5, 2024

• Eversource, others may be capitalizing on lax reviews for some transmission projects: Maine officials

  Feb. 2, 2024

• FERC approves PJM capacity accreditation, modeling reforms aimed at boosting reliability

  Feb. 1, 2024

• Entergy wins, wind developers lose with MISO, SPP transmission constraints: NBER paper

  Jan. 31, 2024

• EEI, utilities urge FERC to reverse decision cutting PG&E equity adder for CAISO participation

  Jan. 30, 2024

• FERC Outlook: Danly exit could boost transmission reform, but smaller commission poses risks

  Jan. 29, 2024

• 25 SMR license applications expected by 2029, plus six other takeaways from FERC, NRC joint meeting

  Jan. 26, 2024

• Electrification, manufacturing to propel 1.5% annual US electric demand growth through 2026: IEA

  Jan. 24, 2024

• NERC issues 3-year plan for setting reliability standards for wind, solar, storage

  Jan. 23, 2024

• FERC rejects MISO interconnection queue cap, saying it could be undermined by exemptions

  Jan. 22, 2024

• FERC approves gas pipeline needed for TVA plan to shutter 2.5-GW coal-fired power plant

  Jan. 19, 2024

• Extreme weather shows need for dispatchable resources, new transmission: FERC commissioners

  Jan. 19, 2024

• DC government, ratepayer advocate oppose Exelon utility’s multi-year rate plan

  Jan. 17, 2024

• SRP’s residential rooftop solar program violates PURPA, Vote Solar tells FERC

  Jan. 16, 2024

• US gas-fired capacity to grow, even under 95% carbon reduction scenario: NREL

  Jan. 12, 2024

• FERC allows activist investor Elliott to buy up to 20% of NRG Energy stock

  Jan. 11, 2024

• PJM triples annual load growth forecast to 2.4% driven by data centers, electrification

  Jan. 9, 2024

• NIPSCO, Linde to pay $66.7M to settle charges for gaming MISO demand response program

  Jan. 8, 2024

• Vitol, power trader to pay $2.3M to settle CAISO-related market manipulation charges

  Jan. 5, 2024

• TVA may delay 2,470-MW coal plant shutdown over FERC pipeline inaction

  Jan. 4, 2024

• Pattern Energy secures $11B in financing, starts full construction on SunZia wind, transmission projects

  Jan. 3, 2024

• FERC nixes PG&E’s requested $41.4M annual equity incentive for being a CAISO member

  Jan. 2, 2024

• FERC approves CAISO’s Western day-ahead market plan with 2026 start date

  Dec. 22, 2023

• PJM overstated capacity shortfall risks for this decade: Ohio manufacturers

  Dec. 22, 2023

• Exelon, ComEd, Ameren outlooks lowered by financial firms after regulator rejects grid plans

  Dec. 21, 2023

• FERC transmission incentives ‘way out of whack,’ drive up consumer costs: Commissioner Christie

  Dec. 20, 2023

• PJM prepares shift to scenario-based long-term transmission planning

  Dec. 18, 2023

• FERC in Focus: Phillips, Danly, Clements and Christie’s top 10 quotes for ’23

  Dec. 18, 2023

• House Democratic bill aims to spur interregional, offshore transmission

  Dec. 14, 2023

• PJM board approves $5B in transmission projects to be built by Dominion, FirstEnergy, others

  Dec. 12, 2023

• Exelon, PG&E, others urge FERC to give transmission owners first dibs on regional projects

  Dec. 11, 2023

• Hawaii, 3 other states earn B microgrid grades. Most get Ds, per scorecard report.

  Dec. 6, 2023

• Iowa court bars MidAmerican Energy, ITC Midwest from $2.6B in transmission awards by MISO

  Dec. 6, 2023

• Alliant, DTE, NextEra, others urge FERC to reject MISO’s proposed interconnection queue cap

  Dec. 5, 2023

• Federal appeals court upholds FERC action on PJM capacity market rule, sets precedent

  Dec. 4, 2023

• FERC rejects SPP winter resource adequacy proposal over lack of teeth

  Dec. 1, 2023

• FERC in Focus: Is FERC making progress on environmental justice?

  Nov. 30, 2023

• Utility regulators urge PJM to move away from ‘reactive’ planning for grid reliability

  Nov. 30, 2023

• Puget Sound Energy, AutoGrid aim to develop a 100-MW virtual power plant by 2025

  Nov. 28, 2023

• Can ERCOT show the way to faster and cheaper grid interconnection?

  Nov. 27, 2023

• Invenergy in talks with utilities, other companies for capacity on Grain Belt transmission line

  Nov. 22, 2023

• Proposed transmission planning rule is a ‘chief’ priority for FERC’s Phillips

  Nov. 21, 2023

• Fossil fuel makes up 1% of Colorado generation in 2040 under least-cost approach: state study

  Nov. 21, 2023

• AEP, FirstEnergy urge FERC to reject complaint seeking expanded transmission project oversight

  Nov. 20, 2023

• FERC investigates possible Winter Storm Elliott market manipulation

  Nov. 17, 2023

• FERC projects 5% drop in winter power prices in PJM, New York and Southeast

  Nov. 17, 2023

• DOE proposes easing environmental reviews for certain storage, solar, transmission projects

  Nov. 16, 2023

• Regulators need to require utilities to use grid-enhancing technologies: FERC’s Clements

  Nov. 14, 2023

• EPA official says power plant carbon rule may need changes as groups stress reliability concerns

  Nov. 10, 2023

• FERC approves PJM’s Exelon-oriented $796M transmission plan over Maryland objections

  Nov. 10, 2023

• Utilities likely to continue selling non-core assets amid $745B in planned spending: Moody’s

  Nov. 9, 2023

• Kentucky PSC partly approves PPL’s $2.1B plan to retire coal, add gas, solar and storage

  Nov. 8, 2023

• MISO capacity proposal draws mixed reviews at FERC. Mississippi PSC calls it ‘hokum.’

  Nov. 6, 2023

• AEP aims to sell retail, distributed energy and solar operations by mid-2024

  Nov. 6, 2023

• More MISO-PJM transmission transfer capacity could save over $15B by 2035: report

  Nov. 3, 2023

• FERC Order 2023 won’t solve fundamental interconnection problems: Commissioner Clements

  Nov. 3, 2023

• Arizona Public Service, Tucson Electric expect to add 20 GW of mainly renewables, storage by 2038

  Nov. 2, 2023

• Dominion Energy tapped to build $2.5B in transmission under PJM’s $5B proposal

  Nov. 1, 2023

• PSEG expects utility capital spend to hit record $3.7B in 2023: CEO LaRossa

  Nov. 1, 2023

• Fitch downgrades Eversource outlook to ‘negative’ on uncertainty around offshore wind sales

  Oct. 31, 2023

• Regional transmission needs greatest in ERCOT, MISO, SPP: DOE

  Oct. 31, 2023

• DOE picks National Grid, Berkshire Hathaway, Grid United transmission projects in first capacity buys

  Oct. 30, 2023

• PJM selects $372M in FirstEnergy transmission projects, reflecting ‘significant’ power line buildout

  Oct. 30, 2023

• DOE issues draft plan for speeding up, improving grid interconnections

  Oct. 26, 2023

• Bloom Energy, Google, others back microgrid tax credit extension

  Oct. 25, 2023

• Texas ban on non-incumbent transmission is unconstitutional: US solicitor general

  Oct. 25, 2023

• Invenergy’s 5-GW Grain Belt transmission project faces continued opposition at FERC

  Oct. 23, 2023

• FERC directs NERC to draft reliability standards for wind, solar and storage

  Oct. 20, 2023

• FERC approves NiSource plan to sell NIPSCO stake to private-equity firm Blackstone

  Oct. 20, 2023

• Failing to expand the grid may be biggest threat to US energy transition: National Academies

  Oct. 19, 2023

• Entergy New Orleans announces $1B grid-hardening effort

  Oct. 18, 2023

• PJM asks FERC to approve capacity market reforms in push to bolster grid reliability

  Oct. 17, 2023

• FERC extends review of Vistra-Energy Harbor merger, delaying $6.3B deal’s potential close

  Oct. 16, 2023

• FERC in Focus: Would 2 empty seats in 2024 be so bad?

  Oct. 4, 2023

• PJM ‘Catch-22’ blocks large-scale residential demand response, hurts grid reliability: CPower

  Oct. 3, 2023

• Grid operators oppose FERC conference on valuing reliability benefits of batteries, generators

  Oct. 3, 2023

• An optimal clean energy procurement strategy? Google and others are working on it.

  Oct. 3, 2023

• PJM, 80 parties agree to trim Winter Storm Elliott penalties

  Oct. 2, 2023

• FERC must review local transmission planned by AEP, Duke, other Ohio utilities: complaint

  Sept. 29, 2023

• PJM board calls for capacity market changes to bolster grid reliability, resource adequacy

  Sept. 28, 2023

• FERC, DOE face major furloughs under government shutdown

  Sept. 27, 2023

• Moody’s hikes Southern, Georgia Power outlook to ‘positive’ on Vogtle progress

  Sept. 27, 2023

• Residential DER surges 63% in MISO, pushing distributed resources to 12.5 GW: report

  Sept. 26, 2023

• Alliant, NextEra, Xcel in line to receive part of $325M in DOE long-duration storage funding

  Sept. 26, 2023

• FERC to hike scrutiny of JPMorgan power sector actions after finding link to private equity firm IIF

  Sept. 26, 2023

• PJM plan for distributed energy aggregations would block virtual power plants: Tesla

  Sept. 25, 2023

• Record 13% of Eastern Interconnect capacity failed in Winter Storm Elliott: FERC, NERC

  Sept. 22, 2023

• Maryland officials press FERC to reject PJM directive to Exelon for $785M in transmission upgrades

  Sept. 20, 2023

• Vistra plans to sell nearly 400 MW in PJM to ease market power fears from Energy Harbor deal

  Sept. 19, 2023

• SOO Green underground transmission line between MISO, PJM clears key hurdle with Iowa approval

  Sept. 18, 2023

• Emerging firm and peaking clean energy tech can slash carbon-free power costs: Google

  Sept. 15, 2023

• MISO: 49 GW has received interconnection approval, but projects face major delays

  Sept. 14, 2023

• Tripling virtual power plant capacity by 2030 could save $10B, meet 20% peak demand: DOE

  Sept. 13, 2023

• LS Power, Pattern Energy, others behind 36 ‘ready-to-go’ transmission projects: report

  Sept. 13, 2023

• As Google, Meta eye clean energy buys, researchers find widely used strategy has scant carbon benefits

  Sept. 8, 2023

• To spur clean energy, transmission buildout, NRDC calls for focus on affected communities

  Sept. 7, 2023

• Ninth Circuit largely upholds FERC PURPA reform decision affecting small solar, wind

  Sept. 6, 2023

• PJM, market participants reach agreement to resolve $1.8B in Winter Storm Elliott fines

  Sept. 5, 2023

• Eos Energy lands $400M DOE conditional loan guarantee for long-duration battery plant

  Sept. 1, 2023

• As Ørsted, others seek up to 71% hike in clean energy contract prices, NYSERDA warns of rate increases

  Aug. 31, 2023

• DOE offers $300M to boost transmission siting and permitting, support affected communities

  Aug. 30, 2023

• Kentucky PSC rejects AEP utility’s 250-MW cryptomining power supply contract

  Aug. 30, 2023

• Vermont PUC lifts caps on Green Mountain Power battery storage programs with Tesla, others

  Aug. 29, 2023

• Big River Steel to pay $22M for receiving MISO demand response payments without cutting load

  Aug. 28, 2023

• American Clean Power asks FERC to hold conference on capacity accreditation

  Aug. 25, 2023

• CAISO seeks FERC approval for Western day-ahead market, with 2025 start date

  Aug. 24, 2023

• DOJ raises market power concerns for PJM in Vistra-Energy Harbor deal

  Aug. 23, 2023

• Only 6% of gas capacity needs major changes to meet EPA’s proposed GHG rules: RMI report

  Aug. 23, 2023

• ArcLight, other private equity power plants in PJM face growing financial challenges: report

  Aug. 22, 2023

• Hawaiian Electric eyes bankruptcy after Maui wildfires in ‘prudent scenario planning’

  Aug. 21, 2023

• In hit to Ameren, Illinois governor vetoes right of first refusal for MISO transmission

  Aug. 18, 2023

• With first-of-its-kind PTC transfer, AEP sells 1.3 GW of unregulated renewables to Invenergy-led group

  Aug. 17, 2023

• Google-backed white paper offers framework for deliverability in clean energy procurement standards

  Aug. 17, 2023

• DC Circuit rejects Vistra, generator arguments in PJM capacity market dispute

  Aug. 16, 2023

• NRC approves emergency preparedness rule for small modular reactors

  Aug. 15, 2023

• ArcLight affiliate plans to buy 693-MW Kleen Energy power plant in Connecticut from Sojitz

  Aug. 14, 2023

• EPA power plant carbon plan relies on unavailable tech, violates law: EEI, trade groups

  Aug. 11, 2023

• DOE proposes 2-year reviews for transmission projects on federal land

  Aug. 11, 2023

• PJM, MISO, others warn of ‘significant power shortages’ from EPA’s power plant carbon rule

  Aug. 10, 2023

• FERC approves ITC Midwest transmission incentive despite uncertainty over Iowa’s ROFR law

  Aug. 9, 2023

• Constellation Energy CEO ‘disappointed’ to see peers opposing EPA’s power plant carbon rule

  Aug. 8, 2023

• APS interconnection reforms should be rejected, RWE Clean Energy, trade groups tell FERC

  Aug. 7, 2023

• FERC rejects requests from Entergy, others for waivers of MISO’s seasonal capacity rules

  Aug. 7, 2023

• FERC interconnection rule may not speed process in much of US: experts

  Aug. 4, 2023

• Exelon utilities land $870M in PJM transmission projects as Q2 earnings slip

  Aug. 3, 2023

• FirstEnergy investigated by Ohio organized crime commission over bribes on energy bill

  Aug. 3, 2023

• PSEG CEO LaRossa sees offshore wind sale, other moves advancing predictability

  Aug. 2, 2023

• NYISO warns FERC waiver for Hecate’s 650-MW storage project could set bad precedent

  Aug. 1, 2023

• White House proposes environmental review reforms, in part to speed clean energy projects

  July 31, 2023

• FERC issues rule to speed grid connections for storage, renewables, other generators amid 2-TW backlog

  July 28, 2023

• AEP plans to sell stakes in Duke, Berkshire transmission joint ventures amid focus on core utilities

  July 28, 2023

• Barrasso ties possible transmission reforms to ‘premature’ power plant retirements

  July 27, 2023

• Allco asks FERC to void Hydro-Québec, Avangrid power contracts with Massachusetts utilities

  July 25, 2023

• CAISO asks FERC to reject Starwood affilate’s request to blow past transmission cost cap

  July 24, 2023

• Fervo Energy sees ‘breakthrough’ in enhanced geothermal technology, opening path for firm, clean power

  July 21, 2023

• AES Indiana plans 200-MW/800-MWh energy storage at retiring coal plant

  July 20, 2023

• US utility-scale solar outlook improves on easing supply chain limits: Morgan Stanley

  July 19, 2023

• Gas-fired generation accounted for 70% of unplanned outages in Winter Storm Elliott: PJM

  July 18, 2023

• Federal appeals court strikes down FERC approval of Southeastern SEEM market

  July 17, 2023

• Transmission development pace ‘severely’ limits renewable energy, carbon reduction potential: report

  July 17, 2023

• US grid congestion costs jumped 56% to $20.8B in 2022: report

  July 14, 2023

• FERC reverses course, rejects SPP regional transmission cost allocation pathway for wind-heavy zones

  July 14, 2023

• DTE Electric agrees to speed Michigan coal plant retirements, renewable and energy storage buildout

  July 13, 2023

• Evergy capital plan rises 64% in 4 years, reflecting surge in US utility spending: Kansas regulatory staff

  July 12, 2023

• DOE lab boosts flow battery capacity, life using starch derivative in breakthrough research

  July 11, 2023

• DC Circuit backs FERC decision in interconnection dispute between Hecate Energy, NYISO

  July 10, 2023

• Minnesota PUC approves Xcel’s plan to install a 10-MW/1,000-MWh Form Energy battery system

  July 7, 2023

• Duke Energy in $364M deal to sell unregulated distributed generation business to ArcLight affiliate

  July 5, 2023

• Republicans seek FERC conferences to assess grid effects of EPA’s proposed power plant carbon limits

  July 5, 2023

• AEP’s SWEPCO gets approval to buy 1 GW of wind, solar from Invenergy for $2.2B

  June 30, 2023

• EPA launches $7B program to fund solar development in low-income and disadvantaged communities

  June 29, 2023

• Most US regions get D+ or below for transmission planning, development: benchmark report

  June 29, 2023

• Activist investor Elliott seeks new NRG Energy CEO, revamped company strategy

  June 28, 2023

• Vistra-Energy Harbor deal poses market power risks, say Ohio rate payer advocate, PJM market monitor

  June 26, 2023

• Gas-fired capacity surges this year, solar poised to boom: FERC report

  June 23, 2023

• Cleantech M&A activity expected to grow, driven by ESG investing and federal funding: West Monroe

  June 22, 2023

• NiSource to sell minority stake in NIPSCO to private equity firm Blackstone for $2.15B

  June 21, 2023

• Northeastern states seek DOE support for transmission collaborative across three regions

  June 20, 2023

• PJM’s capacity market is sound, but changes needed to adapt to evolving grid mix, extreme weather: panelists

  June 16, 2023

• Power plants remain vulnerable to outages in extreme cold, despite warnings, FERC and NERC find

  June 16, 2023

• EPA could set tighter NOx limits for new gas-fired power plants under proposed consent decree

  June 15, 2023

• How the debt ceiling bill’s permitting deal hurt the outlook for deeper reforms, transmission legislation

  June 14, 2023

• ‘Recipe for chaos’: FERC’s Clements blasts agency decision to approve PJM capacity auction delays

  June 12, 2023

• Consumer groups, R Street urge FERC to expand interconnection reform proposal to increase savings

  June 9, 2023

• Industrial groups urge FERC to reject incentives for $280M in NIPSCO transmission projects

  June 8, 2023

• FERC to oversee settlement talks to resolve PJM Winter Storm Elliott complaints amid $1.8B in charges

  June 7, 2023

• As Google, Meta, others ramp up clean energy buying, ‘carbon matching’ offers cheapest path: report

  June 5, 2023

• AI, climate change, fuel cells among energy transition ‘disconnects’ for utilities: Morgan Stanley

  June 2, 2023

• FERC approves PG&E plan to spin off 5.6 GW in advance of possible minority stake sale

  June 2, 2023

• PJM, PSEG, others urge FERC to reject generator pleas to drop Winter Storm Elliott non-performance penalties

  May 31, 2023

• Biden set to sign debt limit bill with permitting reform as lawmakers eye more energy infrastructure legislation

  May 30, 2023

• FERC summer reliability assessment finds bright spots: low gas prices, reduced drought, more generation

  May 19, 2023

• MISO capacity prices plunge over 93% as generation comes online, demand dips in first seasonal auction

  May 19, 2023

• Exelon, other generators urge PJM to reject proposal to reduce ‘capacity performance’ penalties

  May 19, 2023

• EPA proposes rules that could require utilities to clean up ‘legacy’ coal ash ponds, landfills

  May 18, 2023

• Bipartisan Senate bill aims to preserve hydropower fleet, spur gigawatts of pumped storage

  May 17, 2023

• NERC urges power plant, transmission owners to prepare for winter in highest-level alert ever issued

  May 16, 2023

• FERC’s Christie pushes review of power markets, deregulation ahead of agency’s PJM, ISO-NE scrutiny

  May 16, 2023

• PJM proposes incentives for ‘black start’ units with assured fuel supplies to speed outage recovery times

  May 15, 2023

• Manchin aims to bring energy infrastructure permitting reform bill to Senate floor for vote by August

  May 12, 2023

• EPA proposes power plant greenhouse gas limits with carbon capture, ‘green’ hydrogen main compliance options

  May 11, 2023

• DOE proposes framework for national transmission corridors to spur new lines, ease grid congestion

  May 10, 2023

• AEP plans to sell competitive retail, distributed energy businesses in move to simplify, lower risks

  May 5, 2023

• FERC commissioners tell senators of major grid reliability challenges, with some blaming markets

  May 5, 2023

• FERC dismisses AEP, Xcel, OG&E challenge to Southwest Power Pool reserve margin hike

  May 4, 2023

• Exelon expects $173M loss related to ComEd bribery lawsuit as SEC lobbying investigation continues

  May 4, 2023

• State regulators, others urge FERC to reject PJM plan to delay upcoming capacity auctions

  May 3, 2023

• West Virginia PSC report calls for disallowing $203M in AEP cost recovery over low coal plant usage

  May 3, 2023

• Indiana utilities gain ‘right of first refusal’ to build transmission lines amid MISO buildout

  May 2, 2023

• FirstEnergy West Virginia coal plant purchase would lead company to retire another one, official says

  May 1, 2023

• FERC close to final interconnection rule, interregional transfer proposal: Chairman Phillips

  April 28, 2023

• Pending Senate bill would require 30% transfer capacity between regions: Hickenlooper aide

  April 28, 2023

• Invenergy Transmission enters deal for up to 12,500 miles of advanced cable for transmission projects

  April 27, 2023

• Congress should adopt 30% tax credit, streamlined permitting for regional transmission, clean grid group says

  April 26, 2023

• FERC clears NextDecade, Glenfarne LNG export projects after revising carbon, environmental justice reviews

  April 25, 2023

• State regulators urge PJM to speed interconnection for new generation in face of power plant retirements

  April 24, 2023

• FERC approves incentive framework for voluntary cybersecurity investments

  April 24, 2023

• FERC approves CAISO, NYISO, utility plans for ambient line ratings to boost transmission capacity

  April 21, 2023

• Private equity to play growing role in renewable energy, storage and other cleantech: S&P Global

  April 19, 2023

• Cooperative utility leaders urge Congress, federal agencies to bolster grid reliability

  April 18, 2023

• AEP, Liberty Utilities terminate $2.65B Kentucky Power deal, partly over ‘evolving macro environment’

  April 17, 2023

• FERC rejects Southwest Power Pool plan for utility self-funding of network upgrades

  April 17, 2023

• PJM asks FERC to help resolve LS Power, 7 other complaints about $1.8B in Winter Storm Elliott penalties

  April 17, 2023

• US grid congestion costs soared to $13.3B in 2021, will likely grow until transmission capacity is built: report

  April 14, 2023

• BLM clears way for $3B TransWest Express transmission project to start construction this year

  April 12, 2023

• White House bolsters review process for power sector, other rules with expanded cost-benefit analysis

  April 12, 2023

• FERC gives PJM flexibility for handling member defaults as Winter Storm Elliott complaints pile up

  April 10, 2023

• Montana court vacates air permit for NorthWestern Energy’s $275M Laurel power plant

  April 7, 2023

• EPA proposes strengthening mercury and air toxics standards for coal-fired power plants

  April 6, 2023

• LS Power, other Illinois power plant owners ask FERC to nix $275M in PJM Winter Storm Elliott penalties

  April 5, 2023

• Arizona Public Service proposed interconnection process for replacing power plants stifles competition: SEIA

  April 4, 2023

• Lincoln Power files for bankruptcy after $38.9M PJM charge for failing to run during Winter Storm Elliott

  April 3, 2023

• Kentucky PSC, AG urge FERC to reject AEP’s $2.65B sale of Kentucky operations to Algonquin Power

  March 31, 2023

• FERC pressed for bigger public role, deeper environmental justice analysis in energy infrastructure reviews

  March 31, 2023

• AES, Exelon, others urge FERC to reject West Virginia PSC push to open confidential PJM committee

  March 29, 2023

• PJM plans capacity auction delays as it develops market reforms to bolster resource adequacy

  March 28, 2023

• Iowa high court sides with LS Power, freezes transmission right-of-first-refusal law for incumbent utilities

  March 27, 2023

• House panel eyes R&D directives for DOE on grid security, hydrogen, pipelines

  March 24, 2023

• FERC approves incentives for NV Energy’s $2.5B Greenlink project despite ratepayer concerns

  March 23, 2023

• DOE charts commercialization paths for long-duration storage, advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen

  March 22, 2023

• FERC approves canceling NextEra transmission project blocked by Texas right-of-first-refusal law

  March 21, 2023

• Transmission link between Puerto Rico, US mainland wouldn’t trigger FERC jurisdiction, agency declares

  March 20, 2023

• FERC works ‘feverishly’ on transmission reform, with near-term focus on interconnection rule

  March 17, 2023

• PJM, MISO, ISO-NE. ‘The capacity markets are not all right,’ FERC’s Christie warns.

  March 17, 2023

• FERC expands cybersecurity supply chain standards to low-impact assets

  March 16, 2023

• DOE offers $750M to help drive clean hydrogen production costs down 60% by 2026

  March 16, 2023

• Power plant owners in 22 states face tighter NOx requirements under EPA’s final Good Neighbor rule

  March 15, 2023

• Confidential PJM meetings hinder state energy policy, oversight: West Virginia PSC, Maryland lawmaker

  March 14, 2023

• EPA, DOE issue framework for maintaining grid reliability during energy transition

  March 10, 2023

• Biden’s proposed budget boosts funding for clean energy, permitting, efficiency programs

  March 10, 2023

• Grid operators oppose FERC conference on barriers to merchant interregional HVDC transmission

  March 9, 2023

• EPA proposes stricter wastewater discharge limits for coal-fired power plants

  March 8, 2023

• Supreme Court asks solicitor general to weigh in on Texas law banning non-incumbent transmission

  March 7, 2023

• FERC reverses its approval of SPP’s capacity accreditation plan for wind, solar resources

  March 7, 2023

• DOE finds ‘pressing’ transmission needs, with interregional links offering the biggest benefits

  March 6, 2023

• DC Circuit dismisses utility-backed challenge to EPA cross-state ozone rule

  March 6, 2023

• FERC orders PJM to revise plan for DER aggregations; Enel ‘encouraged’ that single-node limit may be lifted

  March 3, 2023

• FERC partly approves ISO-NE plan for aggregated DER but balks at behind-the-meter requirements

  March 2, 2023

• EPA launches first funding phase of $5B carbon reduction program for states, cities, tribes

  March 1, 2023

• House Republicans advance infrastructure permitting reform as part of 16-bill energy package

  March 1, 2023

• PJM capacity prices fall 15% for most of grid operator’s footprint as total cost remains steady at $2.2B

  Feb. 28, 2023

• PJM launches fast-track capacity market reform process in face of shrinking reserve margins

  Feb. 27, 2023

• DOE to offer $2.5B for carbon capture projects at power plants, industrial sites

  Feb. 24, 2023

• AEP moves to ‘de-risk’ with $1.5B sale of unregulated wind and solar assets as it eyes further sales

  Feb. 24, 2023

• State bills spur debate over who should build transmission: incumbent utilities or independent companies

  Feb. 23, 2023

• FERC approves PJM’s mid-auction capacity rule change over protests from NRG, Vistra, other generators

  Feb. 22, 2023

• EPA reverses Trump-era decision on power plant mercury standards, paving way for stricter limits

  Feb. 21, 2023

• FERC OKs cold weather reliability standards for US generators but orders NERC to address shortcomings

  Feb. 17, 2023

• FERC rejects American Clean Power, RENEW Northeast complaint alleging ISO-NE bias towards gas plants

  Feb. 17, 2023

• DC Circuit upholds FERC decision on Broadview solar-battery PURPA project in blow to NorthWestern, EEI

  Feb. 16, 2023

• CPower, Voltus see thaw in MISO state opposition to aggregated demand response

  Feb. 15, 2023

• FirstEnergy: Electricity rates 10%-40% below peers will buffer customers from $18B in capital spending

  Feb. 15, 2023

• AEP, Xcel, OG&E ask FERC to overturn Southwest Power Pool decision to hike reserve margin

  Feb. 15, 2023

• Exelon bumps 4-year capital spending plan up to $31.3B, expects 8% annual rate base growth

  Feb. 15, 2023

• US issues Inflation Reduction Act guidance to drive billions to low-income and coal communities

  Feb. 14, 2023

• NextEra, renewable trade group urge FERC to keep competitively bid East Texas transmission project alive

  Feb. 14, 2023

• FERC approves Western Resource Adequacy Program for regional capacity sharing

  Feb. 13, 2023

• PG&E Corp., utility subsidiary credit outlook improves to ‘positive’ on wildfire mitigation efforts: Moody’s

  Feb. 10, 2023

• Feinstein, Newsom press FERC on potential Western gas market manipulation as energy prices spike

  Feb. 8, 2023

• Value of new transmission jumps in 2022 on high power prices, extreme weather: Berkeley Lab report

  Feb. 8, 2023

• FirstEnergy’s $3.5B deal with Brookfield highlights value of FERC-regulated transmission: analysts

  Feb. 7, 2023

• FERC grants Great River transmission incentives as commissioner decries consumer impacts

  Feb. 3, 2023

• In win for Avangrid, FERC orders NextEra to install Seabrook circuit breaker, opening path for NECEC line

  Feb. 3, 2023

• Solar group urges FERC to unlock MISO’s ancillary services market for intermittent resources

  Feb. 2, 2023

• Moody’s lowers Tri-State’s outlook to ‘negative’ as three members seek to exit, cost recovery stalls

  Feb. 1, 2023

• Maine PUC OKs 1-GW Longroad wind farm, LS Power transmission line amid equity and cost concerns

  Feb. 1, 2023

• Allete, Grid United plan $2.5B transmission line linking Western, Eastern interconnections

  Jan. 31, 2023

• ISO-NE to begin dispatching growing fleet of ‘front-of-meter’ solar resources in boost to reliability

  Jan. 27, 2023

• EPA proposes rejecting DTE, SRP and other generator requests to keep using coal ash basins

  Jan. 26, 2023

• Carlyle, Schneider joint venture AlphaStruxure plans 11.4-MW microgrid at JFK airport terminal

  Jan. 26, 2023

• FERC enters 2023 with a new leader, a vacant seat and an agenda topped by transmission and grid reliability

  Jan. 24, 2023

• Constellation, NRG and other generators urge FERC to reject PJM’s mid-capacity auction rule change

  Jan. 23, 2023

• PJM generator average interconnection costs soar 728%, driven by network upgrades: DOE Lab

  Jan. 23, 2023

• FERC acting Chairman Phillips says priorities are reliability, transmission and environmental justice

  Jan. 20, 2023

• FERC approves Transco gas pipeline expansion despite New Jersey BPU study finding no need

  Jan. 13, 2023

• PJM generators face up to $2B in penalties for failing to run during December’s Winter Storm Elliott

  Jan. 12, 2023

• FERC approves PacifiCorp’s proposed interconnection process for replacing retired generation

  Jan. 11, 2023

• PG&E plan to sell non-nuclear generation assets could improperly increase rates, groups tell FERC

  Jan. 11, 2023

• AEP Ohio seeks approval for electric security plan with $2.2B in reliability spending

  Jan. 9, 2023

• White House guidance on GHG analysis will ease renewable energy permitting, trade groups say

  Jan. 9, 2023

• Power plant developer Competitive Power Ventures launches retail supply business

  Jan. 6, 2023

• EPA proposes tightening fine particulate matter standard, potentially affecting coal power plants

  Jan. 6, 2023

• Taking Charge: Exelon focuses on affordability, partnerships amid the energy transition — new CEO Butler

  Jan. 5, 2023

• White House selects FERC Commissioner Phillips as acting chairman

  Jan. 4, 2023

• FirstEnergy agrees to pay $3.9M for failing to tell FERC about energy bill bribery payments

  Jan. 3, 2023

• PJM seeks mid-auction capacity market rule change to address anomaly that led to ‘unjust’ price

  Dec. 22, 2022

• Entergy: Grand Gulf nuclear plant’s viability threatened by FERC move to advance state, city complaint

  Dec. 20, 2022

• Avangrid asks regulators to dismiss 1.2-GW Commonwealth offshore wind contracts, says it plans to rebid project

  Dec. 19, 2022

• After substation attacks, FERC orders NERC to consider increasing grid security requirements

  Dec. 16, 2022

• FERC Chairman Glick to exit agency by early January, setting up possible tied-vote deadlocks

  Dec. 16, 2022

• Cost concerns could blunt ‘promising’ utility trends on energy storage, smart meters, EVs: Deloitte

  Dec. 14, 2022

• Alternative Transmission plans $6B, 2.1-GW undersea power line between Puerto Rico, US East Coast

  Dec. 14, 2022

• US power and utility M&A value falls 29% to $37.9B so far this year amid macroeconomic pressures: PwC

  Dec. 8, 2022

• GE, LineVision form partnership to offer grid-enhancing technologies to boost existing transmission

  Dec. 7, 2022

• Public power, cooperative utilities face ‘deteriorating’ outlook amid financial pressures: Fitch

  Dec. 7, 2022

• FERC urged to set interregional transfer capacity requirements to boost reliability, lower costs

  Dec. 6, 2022

• Federal appeals court orders FERC to rework MISO interconnection funding decision

  Dec. 5, 2022

• PacifiCorp interconnection plan for retiring power plants sparks anti-competitive concerns at FERC

  Dec. 2, 2022

• FERC approves PJM’s ‘first-ready, first-served’ interconnection reform plan, steps to clear backlog

  Dec. 1, 2022

• Promises of outstanding aqueous zinc-ion battery performance are overstated, researchers say

  Nov. 30, 2022

• DOE labs launch thermal energy storage consortium to spur development, market adoption

  Nov. 29, 2022

• Eversource, Avangrid aim to ease soaring Connecticut electricity bills as lawmakers push for hearings

  Nov. 29, 2022

• MISO power prices could remain high, go higher for years: Chatterjee, other Voltus panelists

  Nov. 23, 2022

• Western day-ahead market could save $1.2B a year, boost renewables output 1,800+ GWh: CAISO report

  Nov. 23, 2022

• Dynegy manipulated MISO’s 2015/16 capacity auction, driving up Illinois prices: FERC enforcement office

  Nov. 22, 2022

• AEP’s Public Service Co. of Oklahoma proposes buying 995 MW of wind, solar from Invenergy for $2.5B

  Nov. 21, 2022

• FERC enforcement settlements jump to $57.5M in FY22 while Uri market manipulation investigation continues

  Nov. 18, 2022

• FERC orders reliability standards, registration requirements for wind, solar, storage to protect the grid

  Nov. 18, 2022

• Inflation Reduction Act upends utility resource planning tenets: NARUC panelists

  Nov. 17, 2022

• FERC, state regulators consider independent monitors as way to boost transmission oversight ‘gap’

  Nov. 16, 2022

• State regulators urge PJM to adopt ‘circuit breaker’ to prevent extreme prices in emergencies

  Nov. 15, 2022

• ‘A sobering assessment’: Large parts of US at risk of outages during extreme weather this winter: NERC

  Nov. 14, 2022

• US renewables, storage sectors set to avoid tougher building standards that industry said could kill projects

  Nov. 14, 2022

• Manchin withholds confirmation hearing for FERC Chairman Glick, throwing second term in doubt

  Nov. 11, 2022

• Vistra’s coal-to-battery storage projects receive FERC waiver from MISO interconnection transfer rules

  Nov. 10, 2022

• Avangrid, Eversource call for more efficiency, DR to avoid New England outages amid potential fuel crunch

  Nov. 8, 2022

• FERC interconnection reform proposal poses a barrier to Colorado joining an RTO: PUC Chair Blank

  Nov. 7, 2022

• CAISO avoided outages in September heat wave – a ‘remarkable outcome’ – with 4 GW storage, conservation

  Nov. 4, 2022

• DTE Electric proposes $9B spend on 5.4 GW renewables, 760 MW storage, coal-to-gas power plant switch

  Nov. 4, 2022

• Exelon CEO Crane to retire at year end under accelerated succession plan

  Nov. 3, 2022

• FERC rejects Alliant-led coalition bid to cut ITC Midwest equity ratio, reduce transmission costs

  Nov. 3, 2022

• AES Indiana says converting 1,052 MW of coal to gas will be $381M cheaper than renewables and storage

  Nov. 2, 2022

• Xcel to retire Texas coal-fired power plant early, speeding up companywide exit from coal to 2030

  Nov. 1, 2022

• PJM capacity market flaws reduced latest auction revenue by $706M, or nearly 25%: market monitor

  Nov. 1, 2022

• Dominion settles with Walmart, others on potential cost overruns for $9.8B offshore wind project

  Oct. 31, 2022

• Over AEP, Xcel objections, FERC OKs SPP transmission cost allocation process affecting wind-heavy areas

  Oct. 31, 2022

• National Grid, WIRES panelists call for ‘grid-enhancing technologies’ to quickly boost transmission capacity

  Oct. 28, 2022

• Engie buys 6-GW solar and storage development portfolio from Belltown Power

  Oct. 28, 2022

• LS Power, Longroad Energy win contracts for Maine transmission line, 1,000-MW King Pine wind farm

  Oct. 27, 2022

• FirstEnergy subsidiary JCP&L and Shell-EDF tapped for New Jersey’s transmission-first offshore wind plan

  Oct. 27, 2022

• FERC approves MISO reliability contract to keep Ameren Missouri’s Rush Island coal plant operating

  Oct. 26, 2022

• Sunnova urges California PUC to dismiss PG&E, SCE ‘sky is falling’ concerns, review microgrid proposal

  Oct. 25, 2022

• American Clean Power, other groups urge FERC to reject SPP utility self-funding plan for network upgrades

  Oct. 24, 2022

• Tucson Electric, PNM seek FERC’s OK to end their San Juan plant ownership pact ahead of decommissioning

  Oct. 24, 2022

• PJM capacity proposal: fuel for the ongoing market ‘crisis,’ or a needed step to limit overprocurement?

  Oct. 24, 2022

• Puerto Rico’s grid threatened by FERC cap on LNG storage facility: PREPA

  Oct. 24, 2022

• FERC deems Evergy, Bluescape investment firm to be affiliated in market oversight ruling

  Oct. 21, 2022

• ISO-NE, ERCOT, MISO face possible capacity shortfalls in extreme winter weather: FERC

  Oct. 21, 2022

• MISO intends to exclude Invenergy’s 5-GW Grain Belt Express Line from upcoming transmission process

  Oct. 20, 2022

• PPL’s Rhode Island utility issues solicitation for up to 1,000 MW of offshore wind

  Oct. 20, 2022

• Xcel, First Solar, other clean energy companies warn building standard change threatens wind, solar projects

  Oct. 19, 2022

• More interregional transmission could prevent East Coast blackouts, lower costs: NRDC report

  Oct. 18, 2022

• NextEra, Invenergy, other developers, clean energy groups take issue with FERC’s interconnection reform plan

  Oct. 17, 2022

• Tesla, Google, other corporate power buyers back FERC interconnection reform plan but see pitfalls

  Oct. 17, 2022

• Coaltrain Energy agrees to pay $4M to settle FERC allegations the company manipulated PJM’s market

  Oct. 17, 2022

• Ameren Missouri expects $1.3B in Inflation Reduction Act tax credits will help offset customer rates by 4.5%

  Oct. 14, 2022

• Sempra Energy hydrogen pipeline, blending proposals face opposition at the California PUC

  Oct. 14, 2022

• State PUCs should re-examine planning, procurement costs in wake of Inflation Reduction Act: report

  Oct. 14, 2022

• New offshore wind best-practice guidance could speed project approvals, boost worker safety

  Oct. 13, 2022

• Connecticut energy and environment chief outlines updated clean energy plan on path to zero emissions

  Oct. 13, 2022

• Brookfield, Cameco partner to buy nuclear services company Westinghouse in $7.9B deal

  Oct. 12, 2022

• Major utilities oppose Sunnova’s ‘micro-utility’ microgrid proposal at California PUC

  Oct. 12, 2022

• CAISO calls for near-term power procurement, even with possible Diablo Canyon extension

  Oct. 11, 2022

• AES Ohio outlook turns negative on weak financial performance, uncertain regulatory support: Moody’s

  Oct. 10, 2022

• California offshore wind lease auction for up to 3 GW advances with BOEM assessment

  Oct. 7, 2022

• States press FERC for independent monitors on transmission planning, spending as Southern Co. balks

  Oct. 7, 2022

• MISO energy users cannot leave system without paying their capacity fees: FERC

  Oct. 6, 2022

• AEP eyes sale of competitive retail business in PJM as company focuses on regulated wires, renewables

  Oct. 5, 2022

• Virginia governor calls for easing clean energy goals, injecting competition into utility sector

  Oct. 4, 2022

• FERC OKs $500K fine for ISO-NE over alleged violations of capacity rules with Salem Harbor power plant

  Oct. 4, 2022

• Transmission development key to Inflation Reduction Act’s climate potential: report

  Sept. 26, 2022

• FERC rejects complaint from generators seeking strict MOPR in New York

  Sept. 23, 2022

• FERC’s Glick has ‘significant concerns’ over proposed incentives for utility cybersecurity investments

  Sept. 23, 2022

• FERC commissioners pursue market, non-market answers to ISO-NE’s ‘dire’ winter reliability risks

  Sept. 23, 2022

• Manchin permitting-reform bill allows DOE to designate ‘national interest’ transmission projects

  Sept. 22, 2022

• Solar power constituted half of all global capacity additions last year, followed by wind: BloombergNEF

  Sept. 21, 2022

• Republican AGs blast FERC transmission planning proposal, citing ‘major questions doctrine’

  Sept. 20, 2022

• DOE, federal agencies to draft plan for slashing transportation carbon emissions

  Sept. 20, 2022

• Bloom Energy to produce emissions-free hydrogen at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear plant

  Sept. 19, 2022

• FirstEnergy CEO Strah retires suddenly as the company eyes asset sales

  Sept. 19, 2022

• Biden administration launches floating offshore wind initiative with 15 GW target by 2035

  Sept. 16, 2022

• Minnesota PUC approves Xcel Energy’s 460-MW solar project to replace Sherco coal-fired generation

  Sept. 16, 2022

• Undergrounding about 5% of coastal utility distribution systems can sharply reduce outage risks: study

  Sept. 14, 2022

• Coal plant sites could host 265 GW of advanced nuclear, costing 35% less than greenfield projects: DOE

  Sept. 14, 2022

• IRA ‘turbocharging’ of clean energy tax credits could boost NextEra, AES, other renewable developers: S&P

  Sept. 13, 2022

• Congress should require FERC, NERC to monitor gas pipeline capacity to ensure reliability, manufacturers say

  Sept. 12, 2022

• Accelerating renewable energy buildout faces big hurdles, even with Inflation Reduction Act: developers

  Sept. 6, 2022

• US solar shipments jumped 32% to a record 28.8 million peak kW last year: EIA

  Sept. 1, 2022

• Western utilities to share capacity under proposed resource adequacy program

  Sept. 1, 2022

• DOE launches $10.5B Grid Resilience and Innovative Partnerships Program

  Aug. 31, 2022

• ‘What is true for alcohol and milk’ must be true for transmission, 5th Circuit says in NextEra decision

  Aug. 31, 2022

• Maine Supreme Court opens pathway for Avangrid’s $1B New England transmission project

  Aug. 31, 2022

• Avista, Northwest utilities, power trader commit to next phase of SPP Western market initiative

  Aug. 30, 2022

• FERC approves ISO-NE plan to bypass the grid operator and rely on state reviews for DER interconnections

  Aug. 29, 2022

• Starwood Energy, TS Conductor launch JV to triple power line capacity, avoid new transmission obstacles

  Aug. 26, 2022

• Dominion threatens to abandon 2.6-GW offshore wind farm over performance guarantee

  Aug. 25, 2022

• Missouri PSC lets Algonquin Power utility securitize $290M in coal retirement, Winter Storm Uri costs

  Aug. 25, 2022

• FERC gives NextEra, ConEd, Equitrans 4 more years to finish $6.6B Mountain Valley gas pipeline

  Aug. 24, 2022

• Federal appeals court denies LS Power lawsuits seeking to expand competition in MISO

  Aug. 23, 2022

• TC Energy’s NW gas project should be rejected over climate concerns: West Coast attorneys general

  Aug. 22, 2022

• Ameren Missouri to delay retiring 1,195-MW Rush Island coal plant under MISO reliability contract

  Aug. 22, 2022

• GreenHat Energy, traders to pay $181M to settle PJM market manipulation allegations

  Aug. 22, 2022

• OPSI supports complaint against PJM that seeks tighter transmission project oversight

  Aug. 22, 2022

• Sharp views from Enel, WIRES, others on FERC’s transmission planning proposal shared at forum

  Aug. 19, 2022

• Justice Department, FTC urge FERC to expand competition for building new transmission, deny utility exclusivity

  Aug. 18, 2022

• Wind, solar additions slowed in H1 but are expected to jump in next three years: FERC

  Aug. 17, 2022

• Inflation Reduction Act’s 10-year tax credits set to boost wind sector, DOE’s Granholm says

  Aug. 16, 2022

• US offshore wind prices fell 13%, to $84/MWh, in 2021 as the project pipeline grew: DOE

  Aug. 16, 2022

• Xcel Energy seeks FERC approval to buy 120 MW of Minnesota wind from Allete in $216M deal

  Aug. 16, 2022

• Utility leaders hail clean energy tax incentives as House sends historic climate bill to Biden’s desk

  Aug. 15, 2022

• FERC commissioners press financial giant Vanguard over possible efforts to influence utility power portfolios

  Aug. 12, 2022

• New York regulators OK key National Grid and Invenergy transmission projects, reject NextEra solar farm

  Aug. 12, 2022

• Solar + storage breaks out in 2021 with installed hybrid systems surpassing standalone storage: LBNL

  Aug. 11, 2022

• Ohio Supreme Court upholds permit for what could be North America’s first freshwater wind farm

  Aug. 11, 2022

• U.S. electricity sales to increase 2.5% this year, with average residential prices jumping 6.1%: EIA

  Aug. 10, 2022

• MISO benefit-cost analysis of $10.3B transmission plan offers framework for national model: ACORE report

  Aug. 10, 2022

• MISO transmission ROEs vacated by D.C. Circuit, sending FERC back to the drawing board

  Aug. 10, 2022

• Xcel Energy expects to build $1.2B in power line projects under MISO’s new $10.3B transmission plan

  Aug. 9, 2022

• Dominion Energy mulls appeal of ‘untenable’ performance standard for $9.8B offshore wind project

  Aug. 8, 2022

• Senate passes Inflation Reduction Act with $369B in energy and climate spending

  Aug. 8, 2022

• Ameren seeks FERC rate approval for N.M. transmission lines to ship power from 680-MW Clearway wind project

  Aug. 8, 2022

• Sinema backs Inflation Reduction Act, clearing hurdle to $369B energy, climate package

  Aug. 5, 2022

• Sunrun, SunPower gain as residential solar grows amid rising utility bills, reliability concerns: Morgan Stanley

  Aug. 5, 2022

• DOE offers $26M for projects showing how grid can run on all renewables, storage

  Aug. 4, 2022

• Inflation Reduction Act would spur 42% US carbon emissions cut by 2030: Princeton-led study

  Aug. 4, 2022

• Berkshire Hathaway Energy plans to buy 399 MW of Montana wind from NaturEner

  Aug. 3, 2022

• Transmission planners underestimate economic value of new links to handle extreme grid conditions: LBNL study

  Aug. 2, 2022

• MGM Resorts, others urge FERC to reject incentives for NV Energy’s $2.5B Greenlink transmission project

  Aug. 2, 2022

• FERC proposes expanded ‘duty of candor’ obligation to increase market integrity, but pushback expected

  July 29, 2022

• FERC, Kentucky regulators call for consumer protections, competition in transmission development

  July 29, 2022

• With Manchin’s support, Democrats unveil bill with $369B in energy, climate spending

  July 28, 2022

• FERC OKs MISO plan to give certain transmission projects to incumbent utilities without competitive bidding

  July 28, 2022

• AEP Q2 results belie recession talk as sales jump 3.5%, helping drive earnings growth, officials say

  July 28, 2022

• Manchin, in reversal, backs bill with $369B in climate spending

  July 27, 2022

• NextEra plan for 200 MW solar, 75 MW storage at shuttered nuclear plant approved by Iowa regulators

  July 27, 2022

• MISO board approves $10.3B transmission plan to support 53 GW of renewables

  July 26, 2022

• Anschutz's TransWest project applies to join CAISO in bid to send wind power from Wyoming to California

  July 26, 2022

• FERC must regulate small-scale LNG export projects to ensure safety, methane oversight, green groups say

  July 25, 2022

• Ameren Illinois ordered to explore possible benefits of shifting from MISO to PJM

  July 25, 2022

• Customer groups seek to end utility lock on transmission development in MISO states

  July 25, 2022

• $225M for energy-efficient building codes, $96M for EV charging, innovation in new DOE funding

  July 22, 2022

• ENGIE, clean energy groups press FERC to approve ISO-NE plan for state review of DER interconnections

  July 22, 2022

• Texas Uri disaster weighs on FERC, state regulators as they debate boosting interregional transmission

  July 21, 2022

• Biden boosts offshore wind, resilience program, but balks at climate emergency declaration

  July 21, 2022

• WAPA approves interconnection request for ConnectGen's 504-MW Wyoming wind project

  July 20, 2022

• D.C. Circuit rejects Entergy, Xcel bid to overturn FERC ruling on MISO transmission cost allocation

  July 19, 2022

• Pattern Energy buys 3-GW SunZia transmission project to deliver wind energy from New Mexico to Arizona

  July 18, 2022

• FERC rejects National Grid's proposal for cost recovery, extra ROE for $1.2B New York power line

  July 18, 2022

• Pending copper shortfall threatens energy transition, greenhouse gas reduction goals: S&P Global

  July 15, 2022

• BLM approves construction for Starwood's 3.2 GW Arizona-to-California transmission line

  July 15, 2022

• Carbon capture projects, regional CO2 pipeline design to get $2.6B in DOE funding proposal

  July 14, 2022

• House Republicans press EPA chief about alleged grid reliability threats from power plant regulations

  July 13, 2022

• Plan to share local clean-energy-related transmission costs across New York sparks mixed reviews

  July 13, 2022

• New Jersey has adequate natural gas pipeline capacity, utility regulator tells FERC amid Transco pipeline review

  July 12, 2022

• CAISO urges FERC to dismiss Vistra concerns over 'emergency' interconnection plan

  July 11, 2022

• Midcontinent ISO defends plan to wait until 2030 for distributed energy aggregations

  July 11, 2022

• Supreme Court's EPA decision will have little effect on utility move away from coal-fired plants: analysts

  July 8, 2022

• DOE opens application window for $2.3B grid resilience grant program for states, tribes

  July 7, 2022

• GeoBitmine challenges Idaho Power's 'discriminatory' rate for cryptocurrency mining facilities

  July 7, 2022

• Voltus presses FERC to end state opt-outs from aggregated retail demand response in wholesale markets

  July 6, 2022

• EPA retains tools to cut power sector GHG emissions despite Supreme Court curbing its authority: attorneys

  July 1, 2022

• Supreme Court rejects EPA ability to set fleet-wide GHG emissions standards for power plants

  June 30, 2022

• Appeals court upholds FERC approval of Southgate pipeline project but legal hurdles remain

  June 30, 2022

• Power supply groups urge FERC to reform Western offer cap to avoid market uncertainty

  June 30, 2022

• EPA regional ozone proposal threatens electric reliability: RTOs, state utility regulators

  June 28, 2022

• CAISO's proposed 'emergency' interconnection process could hurt pending projects: Vistra

  June 27, 2022

• Massachusetts AG, Public Citizen warn JERA plan to buy New England power plants raises market concerns

  June 23, 2022

• PJM capacity prices fall 32% with more nuclear, solar capacity clearing in the latest auction

  June 22, 2022

• Appeals court partly strikes down FERC approval of ISO New England winter reliability program

  June 21, 2022

• FERC proposes ‘first-ready, first-served’ interconnection rules to help spur new generation, storage

  June 17, 2022

• PJM proposes 'first-ready, first-served' interconnection review process, steps to clear backlog

  June 15, 2022

• NextEra Energy plans to cut all carbon emissions by 2045, partly via FPL adding 140 GW of solar, storage

  June 14, 2022

• MISO faces growing capacity shortfalls in northern, central regions, annual survey finds

  June 13, 2022

• DOE closes on $504M loan guarantee for Utah hydrogen storage project with 150 GWh seasonal capacity

  June 9, 2022

• State utility regulators urge FERC to move up MISO's proposed 2030 start date for aggregated DERs

  June 8, 2022

• Biden invokes Defense Production Act to boost domestic manufacturing in clean energy, grid sectors

  June 7, 2022

• FERC expands environmental justice, equity considerations in agency decision-making, EJ counsel says

  June 3, 2022

• DOE launches grid interconnection initiative to cut ‘gridlock’ hampering clean energy progress

  June 2, 2022

• Minnesota, Iowa agencies support Alliant Energy-led complaint seeking lower ITC Midwest equity ratio

  June 1, 2022

• MISO industrial customers petition FERC to avoid sky-high capacity charges if they cut electricity use

  May 27, 2022

• MISO proposes giving incumbent utilities certain transmission projects in pending $10.4B buildout

  May 26, 2022

• Biden taps FERC Chairman Glick for a second term, potentially providing consistency amid energy transition

  May 23, 2022

• FERC commissioners respond to elevated power outage risks across two-thirds of US

  May 20, 2022

• FERC to monitor gas, power markets for manipulation as forward summer electricity prices jump up to 233%

  May 20, 2022

• PJM sees need for thermal power plants to protect against blackout risks amid rising electrification

  May 19, 2022

• Power prices jumped 51% in PJM, 85% in New England in Q1 due to rising gas prices

  May 13, 2022

• PJM releases road map for creating 'grid of the future' to handle coming renewables, storage wave

  May 12, 2022

• DOE plans to buy capacity on proposed power lines in first step for $2.5B transmission funding program

  May 11, 2022

• FERC, state regulators eye options for clearing up interconnection 'quagmire,' allocating upgrade costs

  May 9, 2022

• SunZia, NV Energy, Pinnacle West-Berkshire transmission projects advance across the Southwest

  May 4, 2022

• FERC rejects MISO proposal to let utilities profit from upgrades for merchant HVDC lines

  May 3, 2022

• AEP's renewable buildout has flexibility to handle uncertainty in the solar market: CEO Akins

  April 29, 2022

• Danly calls FERC transmission proposal coercive and discriminatory, highlights roadblocks

  April 29, 2022

• DOE advances $2.3B grid resilience funding program for states, tribes

  April 28, 2022

• Could NextEra's $55M winning bid for SPP's transmission project be among the last of its kind?

  April 27, 2022

• FirstEnergy progresses on corporate culture revamp, regaining investment-grade rating, officials say

  April 25, 2022

• FERC proposes expanded state role in effort to spur transmission development

  April 22, 2022

• Lawmakers, some renewable advocates urge FERC to reject ISO-NE plan to delay MOPR elimination

  April 22, 2022

• PG&E asks DOE to extend deadline for applying for nuclear power plant funding

  April 21, 2022

• Courts dismiss co-op suits seeking exits from long-term power supply contracts

  April 20, 2022

• Capacity prices jump across MISO's central and northern regions, driven by supply shortfall

  April 18, 2022

• NorthWestern Energy sues to overturn FERC PURPA ruling in dispute over solar-battery project

  April 13, 2022

• Natural gas-fired generation peaked in 2020 amid growing renewable energy production: IEEFA

  April 13, 2022

• TVA board nominees support exploring clean energy options as federal utility plans coal retirements

  April 8, 2022

• MISO finds broad benefits to building $10.4B of transmission projects to support 53 GW of clean energy

  April 7, 2022

• FERC approves ISO-NE plan to end MOPR in 2025 while accepting some renewables in capacity auctions

  April 4, 2022

• FERC's Office of Public Participation eyes options for intervenor funding

  April 4, 2022

• Biden invokes Defense Production Act to bolster domestic battery manufacturing for EVs, energy storage

  April 1, 2022

• Constellation NewEnergy agrees to pay $4.7M to settle allegations it violated CAISO's market rules

  March 30, 2022

• Biden's proposed budget includes nearly $45B for climate and clean energy, a 7% increase for DOE

  March 29, 2022

• Need for more clarity prompts FERC to put new natural gas pipeline, LNG review policies on hold, Glick says

  March 25, 2022

• House committee investigates shut-off rates for Dominion, DTE, Duke, Exelon, NextEra and Southern

  March 24, 2022

• FERC lowers PG&E's transmission return on equity to 9.3% in move that could affect national build-out

  March 23, 2022

• Coal plant owners seek to shut 3.2 GW in PJM in face of economic, regulatory and market pressures

  March 22, 2022

• Senate bill directs FERC to bolster interregional transmission planning, require GHG reporting

  March 18, 2022

• ISO-NE's market rules biased toward gas plants, clean energy groups say in FERC complaint

  March 16, 2022

• Consumers Energy to exit coal-fired generation in 2025 under agreement with Michigan AG, others

  March 15, 2022

• FERC failed to adequately review a gas pipeline project's effect on carbon emissions: appeals court

  March 14, 2022

• EPA plans sweeping regulatory strategy for power plants covering air, water and land pollution

  March 11, 2022

• Total ISO-NE capacity revenue falls 25% to $1B in latest auction

  March 10, 2022

• State regulators, utilities back MISO plan to allocate multi-value transmission costs to subregions

  March 9, 2022

• Accounting for clean-energy capacity value in PJM would lower costs, emissions, RMI study finds

  March 8, 2022

• Sens. Manchin, Barrasso slam FERC's 'political agenda' on natural gas, say it will stifle development

  March 4, 2022

• Ohio ratepayer advocate asks FERC to end RTO return on equity 'adder' for AEP, Duke, FirstEnergy

  March 3, 2022

• Utilities urge Supreme Court to dismiss challenge to EPA's fleetwide carbon emissions approach

  March 1, 2022

• AEP to sell unregulated wind and solar assets to sharpen focus on transmission, regulated renewables

  Feb. 25, 2022

• 14 states urge FERC to tighten accounting rules to prevent utilities from recouping lobbying expenses

  Feb. 23, 2022

• FERC expands criteria for reviewing gas infrastructure proposals, outlines GHG framework

  Feb. 18, 2022

• FERC, state task force eye benefits of considering transmission project portfolios, ending 'silos'

  Feb. 17, 2022

• Biden administration launches industrial decarbonization initiative, targets $9.5B for clean hydrogen

  Feb. 16, 2022

• PJM rejects generator trade group request to bar some renewables from capacity auction

  Feb. 15, 2022

• Nevada tops new CUB state ranking on utility affordability, reliability, environmental responsibility

  Feb. 14, 2022

• PJM stakeholders advance interconnection reform plan to speed process, clear clean energy backlog

  Feb. 11, 2022

• PNM, AEP executives, other utility leaders meet with Biden to push clean energy tax measures

  Feb. 10, 2022

• ISO-NE plan to extend MOPR through 2024 faces uncertain fate at FERC, experts say

  Feb. 9, 2022

• AEP withdraws request for FERC power plant deal approval under pressure from Kentucky PSC

  Feb. 7, 2022

• PJM's plan to open markets to aggregated distributed energy resources seen as 'good first step'

  Feb. 3, 2022

• SPP, MISO identify 7 cross-seam transmission projects that could unlock up to 53 GW of new generation

  Feb. 2, 2022

• Con Edison, KeySpan urge FERC to ignore EPA call to pause natural gas project reviews

  Jan. 31, 2022

• FERC should loosen incumbent transmission owners' grip on planning, R Street panelists say

  Jan. 28, 2022

• FERC approves NYISO plan to end 'buyer-side mitigation' for clean energy resources

  Jan. 27, 2022

• DOE leverages new and existing authorities to spur transmission development key to energy transition

  Jan. 27, 2022

• FERC prioritizing update to transmission rules to meet energy transition, climate challenges: Clements

  Jan. 26, 2022

• As utilities consider ESG options, Kinder Morgan's 'responsibly sourced natural gas' plan faces scrutiny

  Jan. 25, 2022

• FERC orders PJM to scrap 'adder' mechanism seen bolstering capacity prices

  Jan. 21, 2022

• 2022 Outlook: FERC expected to prioritize transmission, power markets and gas infrastructure

  Jan. 19, 2022

• MISO resource adequacy proposals garner mixed reviews from states, utilities, power users

  Jan. 18, 2022

• SOO Green transmission project faces PJM obstacles: Are grid operators hindering the energy transition?

  Jan. 13, 2022

• Senate energy committee considers calls to speed 'glacial pace' of hydropower permitting

  Jan. 12, 2022

• Midwest power plants face shutdown after EPA proposes denying requests to keep using unlined coal ash ponds

  Jan. 12, 2022

• Data centers, EVs drive PJM's long-term load growth forecast, but it expects some utilities to see declines

  Jan. 4, 2022

• FERC orders PJM to change reserve market rules, delay capacity auctions

  Dec. 23, 2021

• MISO proposal to let utilities profit from upgrades for HVDC lines sparks debate at FERC

  Dec. 22, 2021

• Democrats plan to press ahead with Build Back Better bill, despite Manchin opposition

  Dec. 20, 2021

• FERC orders utilities to fine-tune line ratings to boost transmission efficiency

  Dec. 17, 2021

• FERC eyes rule changes to prevent utilities from charging ratepayers for political expenses

  Dec. 17, 2021

• Energy transition likely requires market changes, transmission growth, PJM finds

  Dec. 16, 2021

• Will Tri-State's exit fee dispute at FERC shake up the cooperative utility model?

  Dec. 15, 2021

• FERC urged to reject Southern California Edison plan to profit on power line expenses

  Dec. 13, 2021

• DOD, GSA start process in federal shift to all carbon-free power by 2030

  Dec. 9, 2021

• Nuclear and carbon capture companies seek $20B as DOE revives loan program

  Dec. 8, 2021

• Wind developer joins $3B transmission project poised to be 'backbone' for Western power markets

  Dec. 7, 2021

• Colorado utilities could cut costs 5% by joining an RTO, PUC finds, as Western market momentum builds

  Dec. 3, 2021

• 8 states, DC urge FERC to reject EEI, Eversource call to drop competition for transmission projects

  Nov. 29, 2021

• North Carolina regulators give Duke 4 months to craft carbon reduction plan

  Nov. 23, 2021

• FERC balks at PJM utilities' proposal to profit on network upgrades

  Nov. 22, 2021

• FERC investigates possible market manipulation during Winter Storm Uri

  Nov. 19, 2021

• FERC issues temporary permit for Spire's St. Louis-area gas pipeline as company seeks Supreme Court review

  Nov. 19, 2021

• AEP, Sunflower execs urge FERC to require grid planners to identify renewable energy zones

  Nov. 16, 2021

• FERC approves ISO-NE's request to strip proposed Connecticut gas-fired power plant of capacity contract

  Nov. 12, 2021

• FERC approves transmission rules for SEEM market, dismissing open access concerns

  Nov. 10, 2021

• Biden signs $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill with funding for EVs, transmission, hydrogen

  Nov. 8, 2021

• FERC orders GreenHat, traders to pay $243M for alleged PJM market manipulation

  Nov. 8, 2021

• FERC's Christie calls for fixing interconnection 'chaos' as first step in transmission reform

  Nov. 4, 2021

• FERC approves proposal giving New York's utilities right of first refusal for certain transmission upgrades

  Nov. 4, 2021

• EPA ability to regulate power sector GHG emissions at risk as Supreme Court takes case, analysts say

  Nov. 2, 2021

• Xcel first utility to adopt net zero carbon target across gas and electric operations, CEO says

  Nov. 1, 2021

• Vistra sues FERC over decision setting offer caps for PJM capacity market

  Nov. 1, 2021

• House passes Build Back Better, tees up Senate vote on funding for climate, clean energy and electric vehicles

  Oct. 29, 2021

• States, public need bigger role in transmission development, FERC's Glick says

  Oct. 28, 2021

• PJM, market monitor urge FERC to reject SOO Green proposal, saying it will upend the capacity market

  Oct. 27, 2021

• Maine DEP suspends permit for 1.2 GW Avangrid power line to import power from Hydro-Québec

  Oct. 26, 2021

• NextEra's failure to upgrade Seabrook plant jeopardizes planned $1B transmission line, Avangrid warns

  Oct. 25, 2021

• FERC rejects utilities' request to open TVA to competition

  Oct. 22, 2021

• FERC's Glick urges power plant owners to line up fuel supplies as gas prices soar

  Oct. 22, 2021

• Meeting state offshore wind, renewable goals requires up to $3.2B in transmission, PJM says

  Oct. 21, 2021

• Democrats gain FERC majority with Phillips Senate confirmation

  Oct. 20, 2021

• Boosting transmission between East, West grids will lower costs: NREL

  Oct. 19, 2021

• EEI, utilities want first crack at transmission development as FERC mulls new rules, incentives

  Oct. 18, 2021

• Amazon, DOE, PJM urge FERC to support proactive transmission planning for an evolving grid

  Oct. 15, 2021

• Clean energy, environmental groups sue FERC over approval of Southeast energy market

  Oct. 14, 2021

• PJM market monitor calls for penalties on generators to spur grid flexibility

  Oct. 13, 2021

• PJM reviews offshore wind transmission offers from PSEG, Anbaric, LS Power, others

  Oct. 12, 2021

• Southern, Duke, PJM, others call for more transmission, coordination to handle renewables surge

  Oct. 7, 2021

• Vistra sues FERC over decision setting offer caps for PJM capacity market

  Oct. 6, 2021

• North Carolina passes bill expected to give Duke timely cost recovery, implement clean energy plan

  Oct. 5, 2021

• MISO, ISO-NE execs stress need for new power supply planning framework at FERC reliability meeting

  Oct. 1, 2021

• FERC Chair Glick calls for tougher reviews of natural gas projects as commission staff reject EPA advice

  Sept. 30, 2021

• PJM's 'focused' MOPR takes effect, boosting renewables and nuclear as FERC commissioners deadlock

  Sept. 30, 2021